Hi,

a father is 60 years old and son is half his age or 

how old was the boy when ( years ago) the  was four times his age?

  4(30 -x) =  60-x

    60 = 3x

   x = 20, number of years ago.  Son was 10 at that time. (and the father 40) 

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