SOLUTION: a person said "my age is 8 timea of your age at that times when i was your age".find the present age of son if the sum of there ages is 75

Question 1041022: a person said "my age is 8 timea of your age at that times when i was your age".find the present age of son if the sum of there ages is 75
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = father's age now
Let = son's age now
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The difference in their ages never changes
It is

So, years ago, the father was the
son's age
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years ago, the son was
yrs old
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You are given that:

(1)
Also given is:
(2)
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Substitute (1) into (2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
The father is 48 and the son is 27
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check:
The difference in their ages is
When the father was , the son was
The father's age is 8 times that:

OK
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
OK
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