SOLUTION: A woman is three times as old as her son,and the sum of their ages id 52.find each person's age.
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Question 165115: A woman is three times as old as her son,and the sum of their ages id 52.find each person's age.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let w be the woman's age and s the son's.
w=3s
w+s=52
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3s+s=52 substitute 3s for w in the 2nd equation.
4s=52
s=13
w=39
.
Ed
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