SOLUTION: Suppose your mother was 27 years old when you were born. Presently she is three times as old as you are. What is your mother’s present age?
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Question 1186666: Suppose your mother was 27 years old when you were born. Presently she is three times as old as you are. What is your mother’s present age?
Found 3 solutions by greenestamps, ankor@dixie-net.com, josgarithmetic:
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problem is faulty; there is no solution in whole numbers, which is a requirement for age problems.
x = your age
3x = mother's age
The difference in their ages is (always) 27 years:
3x-x=27
2x=27
x=13.5 NOT VALID!
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
suppose your mother was 27 years old when you were born.
m = mom's age
then
(m-27) = your age
Presently she is three times as old as you are.
m = 3(m-27)
m = 3m - 81
81 = 3m - m
81 = 2m
m = 81/2
m = 40.5, round it down, Mom is 40, you are 13
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Forty years six months of age
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