SOLUTION: a girl was half her mothers age and his father was five years older his mother their ages add upto 100 years how old was each?

SOLUTION: a girl was half her mothers age and his father was five years older his mother their ages add upto 100 years how old was each?

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Question 855442: a girl was half her mothers age and his father was five years older his mother their ages add upto 100 years how old was each?
Answer by chndnbl(31) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let girl age be x.
Mother age=2x
father age =2x + 5
sum of the ages =100
x + 2x + 2x +5 = 100
5x = 100 - 5
5x = 95
x = 95/5
x =19
sarah age=19
mother age=2*19=38
father age=38+ 5=43
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