SOLUTION: jose is three years less than four times as old as his daughter. if the sum of their ages is 37, how old are both jose and his daughter

Question 657392: jose is three years less than four times as old as his daughter. if the sum of their ages is 37, how old are both jose and his daughter
Answer by shweta(56) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the age of daughter be x years
Age of Jose,y = 4x- 3 .......(1)
Sum of the ages= 37
x+y = 37 .......(2)
Substitute the value of y in equation 2
x+ 4x-3 = 37
5x-3 = 37
5x = 37+3
5x = 40
x = 40/5
x = 8
Age of daughter is 8 years
y= 4x-3
y= 4*8-3
y= 32-3
y= 29
Age of Jose =29 years
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