The average age of a couple is 24 years when they were married five years ago but now the average age of the husband, wife and child is 20 years(the child was born during the interval). What is the present age of the child ?
Answer: A
Five years ago the couple's ages summed to
\[ 2 \times 24 = 48 \]
Each has aged five years since, so their present total is
\[ 48 + 10 = 58 \]
The three of them now total
\[ 3 \times 20 = 60 \]
\[ \text{child} = 60 - 58 = 2 \text{ years} \]
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