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The average age of a husband and a wife was 25 years when they were married 4 years ago. The average age of the husband, the wife, and their child, who was born during the interval is 20 years now. How old is the child now?

Reena reaches a party 20 minutes late if she walks at the speed of 3 km/h from her house. If she increases her speed to 4 km/h, she will reach 30 minutes early. What is the distance between her house and the venue?

A group has boys and girls in the ratio $\frac{16}{2}: \frac{15}{3}$. If 1 boy and 3 girls join in, the ratio becomes $\frac{1}{2}: \frac{1}{3}$. Find the number of girls originally in the group.

A microwave was sold at a loss of 20%. If it was sold for Rs. 2,000 more, there would have been a gain of 20%. What is the cost price of the microwave?

Anu is four times as good as Binni at doing a work. Together they finish the same work in 12 hours. In how many hours will Anu alone finish the work?

Simplify the following.

$\frac{1 \frac{1}{4} \div 1 \frac{5}{10}}{-\frac{1}{2}-\frac{2}{3}+\frac{4}{5}-\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{3}{4}}$

A racetrack is in the form of a ring whose inner circumference is 220 m, and the outer circumference is 352 m. Find the area of the track. [Use π = $\frac{22}{7}$.]

Fifty solid metallic cubes, each having 2 m long edges, and ten solid cuboids, each having dimensions 5 m × 4 m × 3 m are melted and a big solid cube is formed. What is the length of each side of this big cube?

Sharad invested his assets of Rs. 30,000 in two schemes X and Y on simple interest. The rate of interest on X is 10% pa and on Y is 2% p.a. The total interest received in 2 years is Rs. 3,000. Find the sum invested in scheme X.

The average weight of 8 people increases by $\frac{5}{2}$ kg if a new person replaces one weighing 50 kg. What is the weight of the new person?