SOLUTION: Mother was 25 yeras old when I was born. Father was 2 years older than Mother. The sum of our present ages is 91. How old am I?
Algebra.Com
Question 509824: Mother was 25 yeras old when I was born. Father was 2 years older than Mother. The sum of our present ages is 91. How old am I?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = your age now
then
(x+25) = Mom's age
and
(x+27) = Dad's age
:
The sum
x + (x+25) + (x+27) = 91
3x + 52 = 91
3x = 91 - 52
3x = 39
x = 39/3
x = 13 yrs is your present age
:
:
Check this; find the sum of all the ages:
13 + (13+25) + (13+27) =
13 + 38 + 40 = 91
RELATED QUESTIONS
Joshua is one-third as old as his father who is three years older than his mother. When... (answered by lwsshak3,MathTherapy)
My mother was 28 years old when I was born. The sum of our ages is 84, How old am... (answered by checkley71)
Joshua is one-third as old as his father who is three years older than his mother. When... (answered by mananth)
Greg is 1/3 as old as his father who is two years older than his mother. When Greg was... (answered by josgarithmetic,MathTherapy)
Paul's father is 2 years older than his mother. Paul's age is one third his father's age. (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)
1st question) marks dad is 3 times as old as mark . The sum of their ages is 48 , how old (answered by josmiceli)
A MOTHER TELLS HER DAUGHTER ."I WAS YOUR PRESENT AGE WHEN YOU WERE BORN".IF THE MOTHER IS (answered by swincher4391)
the sum of my parents' ages is 70. Twenty years ago, my father was 4 years older than my... (answered by Cromlix,MathTherapy)
Mother tells he daughter, I was your present age when you were born. The mother is 36... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)