SOLUTION: a father is 32 years old and his son is 5. How many years will pass before the father is 10 years older than the son
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Question 486921: a father is 32 years old and his son is 5. How many years will pass before the father is 10 years older than the son
Answer by bucky(2189) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem does not make sense at all.
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Think about it. At present the father is 32 and his son is 5. That means there is 27 years difference in their ages.
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There will always be 27 years difference in their ages ... now and forever more.
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This problem implies that as time goes by the difference in their ages gets smaller. In this case it implies that as time passes the difference in their ages reduces until it is only 10 years. Stretching that a little more, one might as well write the problem as:
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"a father is 32 years old and his son is 5. How many years will pass before the father is the same age as his son?"
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Do you really think that can happen?
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