SOLUTION: chris is 1/2 aas old as his father; a year ago he xas 1/3 as old as his father.what is the age of each?
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Question 470488: chris is 1/2 aas old as his father; a year ago he xas 1/3 as old as his father.what is the age of each?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent Chris' age. Let 
represent the father's age. Then 
was Chris' age a year ago and 
represents the father's age a year ago.
)
Solve by substitution
Hmmm, interesting. When Chris is 2 years old, his father is 4 years old. His father was 2 years old when Chris was born. Makes sense if Chris and his father are dogs.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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