SOLUTION: Bono is 5 less than half the age of his dad. The sum of their age is 70. How old are they?

Question 1158681: Bono is 5 less than half the age of his dad. The sum of their age is 70. How old are they?
Found 2 solutions by Shin123, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Shin123(626) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Bono's dad's age be x. Bono's age is . We have . Simplifying, we get . Adding 5 on both sides, we get . Multiplying both sides by 2, we get . Dividing both sides by 3, we get . So the dad's age is 50. Bono's age is .
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d for DAD,
Bono is then .

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Very simple algebra.

Bono,
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