SOLUTION: A father age is 4 times his son. in 5years time the father will be 3 times as old as his son. what's are their present age

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Question 1057043: A father age is 4 times his son.
in 5years time the father will be 3 times as old as his son.
what's are their present age

Answer by jorel555(1290)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let s be the son. Then his father is 4s. So:
3(s+5)=4s+5
3s+15=4s+5
s=10
The son is 10; the father is 40. ☺☺☺☺

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