SOLUTION: A father is five time as old as his son if the sum of their age Last year was 58 years, what is the present age of the son
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Question 1180062: A father is five time as old as his son if the sum of their age Last year was 58 years, what is the present age of the son
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let father's age be and son's age
if a father is time as old as his son, we have
....eq.1
if the sum of their age last year was years, we have
...substitute from eq.1
go to
....eq.1,..substitute
the present age of the son is
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