SOLUTION: Reul is twenty seven yearl older than his son in ten years he will be twice as old as his sin. how old is each ?

Question 542452: Reul is twenty seven yearl older than his son in ten years he will be twice as old as his sin. how old is each ?
Answer by neatmath(302) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let R be Reul's current age, and let S be his son's current age.

Then we know:

and

Let's solve the second equation for R and then use substitution to solve for S:

Then we know:

We now know that or

So Reul is currently 44 years old, and his son is currently 17 years old.

In ten years, Reul will be 54, and his son will be 27.

In ten years, Reul will be exactly twice his son's age.

I hope this helps!

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