SOLUTION: The sum of Scott’s age and his mother’s age is 45. In 5 years’ time, three times Scott’s age less 9 will be the same as his mother’s age. Find the present ages of Scott

Question 1142311: The sum of Scott’s age and his mother’s age is 45. In 5 years’ time, three times Scott’s age less
9 will be the same as his mother’s age. Find the present ages of Scott and his mother.

Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let Scott's age be x.

Then his mother's age is 45-x. (The sum of their ages is 45.)

Use the expressions for their current ages to determine expressions for their ages 5 years from now.

Use the expressions for their ages 5 years from now to write and solve the equation that says that 5 years from now his mother's age will be 9 less than 3 times Scott's age.
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