SOLUTION: John's mother is five times as old as John. Five years from now she will be just three times as old.How old is john now?

Question 242089: John's mother is five times as old as John. Five years from now she will be just three times as old.How old is john now?
Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let John = x
Let Mom = 5x
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Five years from now mom will be three times as old as John. So our equation becomes:

Now solve for x to determine John's age.
I'll let you do the algebra.
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Remember to check your answers by plugging the results in the origianl equation. Both sides of the equation must equal to each other for the value of x to be correct.
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Done!
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PS... Mom is 25 now.
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