SOLUTION: A man is three times as old as his son. Eight years ago the sum of their ages was 36. What are their present ages?

Question 618676: A man is three times as old as his son. Eight years ago the sum of their ages was 36. What are their present ages?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the mans age today be m. Let the son's age today be s

eight years ago, the man was and his son was

substitute in the value for m from the first equation above

the son is 13 today
His Dad is 3*13 = 39
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