SOLUTION: i am 25 years older than my son. a. my son is m year old. write an expression for my age b. write an expression for our total age c. our total age is 57. d. how old is my son

Question 1187543: i am 25 years older than my son.
a. my son is m year old. write an expression for my age
b. write an expression for our total age
c. our total age is 57.
d. how old is my son
e. how old am i

Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = your age.
y = your son's age.

x = y + 25
x + y = 57

since the value of x is equal to y + 25 from the first equation, replace x with y + 25 in the second equation to get:
y + 25 + y = 57
combine like terms to get:
2y + 25 = 57
subtract 25 from both sides to get:
2y = 57 - 25
simplify to get:
2y = 32
solve for y to get:
y = 32/2 = 16
you are 25 years older than your son, so you are 16 + 25 = 41.
41 + 16 = 57
41 - 16 = 25
your solution is that you are 41 and your son is 16.

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