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Vivek is older than Kishor by 5 years. The sum of the reciprocals of their ages is 1/6. Find their present ages.

Let Kishor’s present age be x. Then, vivek’s age = x + 5

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Hence, age cannot be negative. ∴ age od Kishor is 10


and age of Vivek is 15.


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