Karan was born 3 years after his parent's marriage. His father is 6 years older than his mother but 26 years older than Karan who is 12 years of age as on today. At what age did his mother get married?

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UGC NET Paper 1: Held on 2nd Mar 2023 Shift 2

Answer 1

Given:

Karan was born 3 years after his parent's marriage.

His father is 6 years older than his mother but 26 years older than Karan.

Karan is 12 years of age as on today.

Calculation:

According to question,

⇒ F = 6 + M

⇒ F = 26 + K

Since now karan is 12 years old so,

⇒ K = 12,

⇒ F = 38,

⇒ M = 32

Now at the time of birth age will be ,

⇒ F = 26

⇒ M = 20

Since karan was born 3 years after his parents marriage so

Age of motrher = 20 - 3 = 17

∴ 'The correct answer is 17 years.

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