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The sum of A and B's age is 43 years. In 11 years, A's age will be 7/6 times B's age. What is B's present age?

A. 24 years

B. 22 years

C. 20 years

D. 19 years

E. 18 years


Can we do questions without calculations. Yes, on many occasions and this is one of those question.

In 11yrs , A’s age will be 7/6 of B’s age.
This means B’s age will be a multiple of 6 after adding 11 to the present age given in the options.
This means present age will be an odd number as we are adding 11 to it to get a multiple of 6.
Only 19 is odd, and we can check the condition 19+11=30, which is a multiple of 6.

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A+B=43
After 11 yrs, A will be A+11 and B will be B+11 =>A+11=7/6(B+11)....6A+66=7B+77
6(43-B)+66=7B+77
258-6B=7B+11
13B=247
B=19
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