SOLUTION: please help me solve this word age problem: if justin is 10 years less than half his fathers age. if justin is 12 years old, how old is his father?

Question 697963: please help me solve this word age problem: if justin is 10 years less than half his fathers age. if justin is 12 years old, how old is his father?
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let fathers age be and Justin's age
if Justin is years less old than his fathers age, than we have
.....eq. 1
if justin is years old, means ...eq. 2...plug it in eq. 1

.....eq. 1..solve for

........fathers age

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