SOLUTION: Hey,i just need help on a word problem: Cleve is three more than six times as old as his son Rob. If seven times Rob's present age is subtracted from the product of their present a

Question 1046474: Hey,i just need help on a word problem: Cleve is three more than six times as old as his son Rob. If seven times Rob's present age is subtracted from the product of their present ages, the result is 418 less than the product of their ages five years from now. Find each of their present ages. I've come up with c=3+6r and (3+6r)(r)-7r=(8+6r)(5+r)-418, but I don't know if their right, and if they are, I don't know what to do after. Thanks in advance!
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Hey,

this phrase in your post

"Cleve is three more than six times as old as his son Rob"

doesn't make sense.

In general, this formulation makes very bad impression. I'd say, it is a typical TRASH.

If you want to learn how to solve typical age problems, read these lessons
    - Age problems and their solutions
    - A fresh formulation of a traditional age problem
    - Really intricate age word problem
    - Selected age word problems from the archive
in this site.

Read them and become an expert in solution of age problems.

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