Given, Johnson's current age is 1/5 of his father's age. Let Johnson's present age be x ⇒ Johnson's father's present age = 5x Given, five years earlier, Johnson's father's age was 2 years more than 8 times Johnson's age. Johnson's age five years earlier = x - 5 Johnson's father's age five years earlier = 5x - 5 5x - 5 = 8 (x - 5) + 2 5x - 5 = 8x - 40 + 2 8x - 5x = 40 - 5 - 2 3x = 33 x = 11 Hence, Johnson's present age = x = 11 years. Johnson's father's present age = 5x = 5 × 11 = 55 years. Hence, the correct answer is "11, 55".