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put this solution on YOUR website!"Two years ago, a father was 8 times as old as his son" ___ f - 2 = 8(s - 2) ___ f = 8s - 14
"Ten years from now, the ratio of their ages will be 10:3" ___ (f + 10) / (s + 10) = 10 / 3 ___ 3f + 30 = 10s + 100
multiplying 1st equation by 10 ___ 10f = 80s - 140
multiplying 2nd equation by 8 ___ 24f + 240 = 80s + 800
subtracting equations ___ 24f + 240 - 10f = 80s + 800 - 80s - -140 ___ 14f + 240 = 940
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put this solution on YOUR website!let f = father's present age
let s = son's present age
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"Two years ago, a father was 8 times as old as his son."
f - 2 = 8(s-2)
f - 2 = 8s - 16
f = 8s - 16 + 2
f = 8s - 14
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" Ten years from now, the ratio of their ages will be 10:3."
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cross multiply
3(f+10) = 10(s+10)
3f + 30 = 10s + 100
3f = 10s + 100 - 30
3f = 10s + 70
Replace f with (8s-14)
3(8s-14) = 10s + 70
24s - 42 = 10s + 70
24s - 10s = 70 + 42
14s = 112
s = 112/14
s = 8 yrs is son's age
then
f = 8(8) - 14
f = 64 - 14
f = 50 yrs is father's age today
