If two times of the daughter’s age in years is included to the mother’s age, the total is 70 and if two times of the mother’s age is included to the daughter’s age, the total is 95. So the Mother’s age is,
Select: A) 30 B) 40 C) 50 D) 60 E) 39

Rationale: b 40 let daughter ’ s age = a and mother ’ s age = b given : 2 a + b = 70 and , a + 2 b = 95 solving b , we will get b = 40 .
Answer: B