SOLUTION: Create a linear system to model this situation: A women is 3 times as old as her son. In thirteen years, she will be 2 times as old as her soon will be. Let w represent the women�

Question 1182001: Create a linear system to model this situation:
A women is 3 times as old as her son. In thirteen years, she will be 2 times as old as her soon will be. Let w represent the women’s age now and let s represent the son’s age now. DO NOT solve the linear system
Found 2 solutions by mananth, josgarithmetic:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A women is 3 times as old as her son.
w=3s
(w+13) = 2(s+13)
3s+13 =2s+26

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
w woman
c son(child)

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