SOLUTION: a father is 24 years older than the son if the ratio of their age is 5:2 find the age of the son
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Question 1124900: a father is 24 years older than the son if the ratio of their age is 5:2 find the age of the son
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let's father's age be and son's age
if father is years older than the son, we have
...eq.1
if the ratio of their age is , we have
....eq.2.....solve or
....eq.2a
from eq.1 and eq.2a we have
...solve or
find :
...eq.1
so, father is years old, and son is years old
check the ratio:
...simplify left side
-> which confirms our solution
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