SOLUTION: john is twice as old as his son.the sum of their ages is 48. how old is each of them.
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Question 1062931: john is twice as old as his son.the sum of their ages is 48. how old is each of them.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
and
Substituting,
Take it from there, solve for S.
Then use either equation to solve for J.
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