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At present Tarun is twice Vishal?s age and half of Tanvi?s age. After four years Tarun will be 1.5 times Vishal?s age and Tanvi will be 2.5…

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At present Tarun is twice Vishal?s age and half of Tanvi?s age. After four years Tarun will be 1.5 times Vishal?s age and Tanvi will be 2.5 times Vishal?s age then. What is Tanvi?s present age ?

A12 years
B8 years
C20 years
D16 years

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CCommunity16 May 2019

Solution
Let Vishal's current age be 'x' , Tarun's current age be 2x and Tanvi's current age is 4x.
After 4 years, Tarun will be 1.5 times Vishal's age.
(2x+4) = 1.5 (x+4)
2x+4=1.5x+6
=> 0.5x = 2
x=4.

Tanvi's present age = 4x= 4*4 = 16 years.
Option D is the right answer.