Question 355052: In ten years, Zachary will be half his father’s age. If his father was 25 years old when he was born, how old is each now? Answer by mananth(12270) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let Zachary's age be x
father's age = x+25
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in ten years their ages will be
Zachary x+10
father x+25+10 =x+35
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x+10 = 1/2* (x+35)
2(x+10)=x+35
2x+20=x+35
2x-x=35-20
x= 15 son's age
fathers age = 40 years
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