SOLUTION: Hello, Here is my question: A father and son have a joint age of 36. The father is 30 years older than his son. How old is his son? Clue: the answer is not 6.

Question 186827: Hello, Here is my question:
A father and son have a joint age of 36. The father is 30 years older than his son. How old is his son? Clue: the answer is not 6.
Found 2 solutions by feliz1965, uday1435:
Answer by feliz1965(151) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The father and son together have a total age of 36.
Son's age = x
Father's age = x + 30
Together their ages = 36.
x + x + 30 = 36
2x + 30 = 36
2x = 36 - 30
2x = 6
x = 6/2
x = 3
The son is 3 years old.

Answer by uday1435(57) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let fathers age = f and sons age be s
Given f+s = 36 and f � s = 30
f + s = 36
f � s = 30 adding these equations we get
2f = 66 since +s and �s cancels while adding.
f = 66/2 = 33 Dividing the eqn by 2
Now plug in the value of f into equation 1 we get
33 + s = 36 subtracting 33 from both sides of this equation
s = 36 � 33 = 3
So the answer is father is 33 years and son is 3 years old
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