SOLUTION: what is the age of each of these;if son's age is half his mother's age and mother's age is 5 years less than that of the father whereas son plus mother plus father is 100

Question 1147165: what is the age of each of these;if son's age is half his mother's age and mother's age is 5 years less than that of the father whereas son plus mother plus father is 100
Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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son + mother + father = 100.    (1)


son = x;  mother = 2x;   father = 2x+5.


Substitute it into equation (1).


x + 2x + (2x+5) = 100.


Simplify and solve for x.

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