SOLUTION: If a father is 3 times the age of his son and in 10 years is only double the age of his son... how old is the father and son.... need in an equasion
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Question 601331: If a father is 3 times the age of his son and in 10 years is only double the age of his son... how old is the father and son.... need in an equasion
Answer by neatmath(302) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let F be the father's current age.
Let S be the son's current age.
and
Since we have F by itself, substitute this value for F into the second equation:
If S=10, then we know
Thus, the father is currently 30 years old, and his son is 10 years old.
I hope this helps! :)
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