SOLUTION: a father is twice as old as his son,fourteen years ago he was four times as old as his son, what is the age of the father and the son?
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Question 364460: a father is twice as old as his son,fourteen years ago he was four times as old as his son, what is the age of the father and the son?
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a father is twice as old as his son,fourteen years ago he was four times as old as his son, what is the age of the father and the son?
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son's age = x
father's age =2x
14 years ago
son was x-14 years
father was 2x-14 years
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2x-14 = 4(x-14)
2x-14 = 4x-56
-2x=-42
/2
x= 21 years son's age
Father's age = 2x=42 years
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