SOLUTION: Tom is twice as old as jery.in 9 years time, their combined ages will be 5 times jery,s present age.how old is tom now?2. A man was 26 years old when his son was born.now, he is

Question 1032950: Tom is twice as old as jery.in 9 years time, their combined ages will be 5 times jery,s present age.how old is tom now?2. A man was 26 years old when his son was born.now, he is three times as old as his son.how old is the son and his father now? Plz reply soon
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

            NOW            IN 9 MORE YEARS

TOM          t=2j          t+9

JERRY         j            j+9

Total                    t+9+j+9

RELATED QUESTIONS
tom is twice as old as harry in a years time their combine ages will be 5 time.... (answered by stanbon)

Tom is 4 times as old as John. In 12 years time Thomas will be twice as old as John. What (answered by ikleyn)

Tom is twice as old as Andy. In 4 years time the sum of the ages will be 32 years. Find... (answered by amalm06,MathTherapy)

In ten years time Tom will be twice as old as Sally. Eight years ago Tom was 5 times... (answered by mananth)

Jane is twice as old as Tom. In 8 years their ages will total 70. How old is each... (answered by pwac)

Tom is twice as old as Katie. IN 6 years, their ages will total 60. How old is each... (answered by richwmiller)

1.nine years ago, Michael was five times as old as Tom. Now he is three times as old as... (answered by josgarithmetic)

Tom is twice as old as Arul . In 4 years' time , the sum of their ages wil be 32 years .... (answered by Alan3354)

Tom is 10 years older than Pat. In 6 years. Tom will be 1.5 times as old as Pat will be... (answered by oberobic)