Question 833252: dans's dad is four years older than dan. in four years time he will only be 3 times older than dan. what is dans current age Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = Dan's age now
Let = Dan's dad's age now
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
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This says dan won't be born yet for 2 years
and his father is
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(1)
2 years old
I think you copied or entered the problem wrong
How can a father be 4 years older than his child? Doesn't that sound ridiculous to you?
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