SOLUTION: A woman's age and her son's age add up to 45,5years ago the woman was 6times older than her son. How old was the woman when the son was born
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Question 436139: A woman's age and her son's age add up to 45,5years ago the woman was 6times older than her son. How old was the woman when the son was born
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
woman's age = x
son's age = 45-x
5 years ago
woman's age = x-5
son's age = 45-x-5=40-x
x-5=6(40-x)
x-5=240-6x
7x=245
x=245/7
x=35
son's age = 10 now.
when he was born ahe was 25 years
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