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The ages of Rahul and Haroon are in the ratio 5:7. Four years later the sum of their ages will be 56 years. What are their present ages?

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Let age of rahul be 5x
age of Haroon will be 7x
According to question
(5x+4)+(7x+4)=56
12x+8=56
12x=56-8
12x=48
x=4
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