Question

4 years ago Ramu's age is the square root of his father's age. Now the age of Ramu and his father are in the ratio 1:4.Then what is Ramu's age?

• A. 8
• B. 10
• C. 12
• D. 40

Answer 1

Answer:

B. 10

4 years ago, Ramu's age as x and his father's age is x². Now, their ages are in the ratio 1:4, that is, after 4 years. (x + 4) /(x² + 4)=1/4 x²-4x-12=0 x = 6 Ramu's age 4 years ago was 6. His fathers age was 36. Now Ramu's age is 10 and that of his father is 40.