SOLUTION: Greg is currently 25 years older than his daughter. In two years, he will be six times older than his daughter.Determine the current age of Greg and his daughter.

Question 1050365: Greg is currently 25 years older than his daughter. In two years, he will be six times older than his daughter.Determine the current age of Greg and his daughter.
Answer by advanced_Learner(501) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
G=25+D
G+2=6(D+2)
G=(10+6D)

Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE linear system by SUBSTITUTION

Solve:
We'll use substitution. After moving -1*D to the right, we get:
, or . Substitute that
into another equation:
and simplify: So, we know that D=3. Since , G=28.

Answer: .

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