SOLUTION: A father is five years more than four times his son`s age, in five years he will be three times his son`s age then. Find their ages?

Question 242629: A father is five years more than four times his son`s age, in five years he will be three times his son`s age then. Find their ages?
Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let son = x
Let dad = 5+4x
.
In five years dad will be three times his son's age then. So, our equation becomes:

Now let's solve for x to determine the son's age.

<--- the son's age is 5 years old.
.
<--- dad is 25 years old.
.
Check:

.
Done! ... Happy Thanksgiving Day !!
RELATED QUESTIONS
A father is five years more than four times his son's age. In five years, he will be... (answered by Nate,geek_angelz)

Father�s age is 1 more than five times the son�s age. After 3 years, father�s age will be (answered by ewatrrr)

A father�s age is four times that of his son. After five years ,it will be three times... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

two years ago , a father was five times old as his son . two years later from today his... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

a father is three times as old as his son. five years ago father's age was four times his (answered by ewatrrr)

A man is 26 years older than his son. He is also 8 years older than three times his son�s (answered by ewatrrr)

The present age of a father is four times that of his son, in five years the father's age (answered by stanbon)

a man is five times as old as his son. in two years time he will be four times as old as... (answered by fractalier)

Father' age was 7 times his son 5 years ago. After five years, he will be 3 times his... (answered by richwmiller)