SOLUTION: a man is ten times as old as his daughter, in 5 years time he will be 5 times as old as his daughter. how old are each of them now ?
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Question 730624: a man is ten times as old as his daughter, in 5 years time he will be 5 times as old as his daughter. how old are each of them now ?
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a father is 48 years old and his son 14 years old ,in how many years will the father be three times older than the son?
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
daughter 's age =x
father's age = 10x
5 years later
daughter's age = x+5
father's age = 10x+5
10x+5 = 5(x+5)
10x+5=5x+25
10x-5x=25-5
5x=20
x=4
daughter 4 years
Father 40 years
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