Jitin's age 3 years from now will be double the average of Jitin's current age and his age 8 years ago. What was Jitin's age 5 years ago?

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  1. 7 years
  2. 8 years
  3. 11 years
  4. 6 years

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Option 4 : 6 years
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Given:

Jitin's age 3 years from now will be double the average of Jitin's current age and his age 8 years ago.

Formula:

Average of two numbers = (sum of two numbers)/2

Solution:

Let Jitin's current age be a.

Then, Jitin's age 3 years from now will be a + 3.

The average of Jitin's current age and his age 8 years ago is:

(a + (a - 8))/2 = (2a - 8)/2 = a - 4

Jitin's age 3 years from now will be double the average of Jitin's current age and his age 8 years ago. So, we have:

a + 3 = 2(a - 4)

a + 3 = 2a - 8

11 = a

Therefore, Jitin's current age is 11.

Jitin's age 5 years ago is 11 - 5 = 6.

∴ The answer is 6.

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