SOLUTION: a man is now 5 times as old as his son. Four years ago,the product of their ages was 52.Find their present age?
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Question 889435: a man is now 5 times as old as his son. Four years ago,the product of their ages was 52.Find their present age?
Answer by Nigelyul(18) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let "M" be the age of the man
"S" be the age of the son
The possible values would be
A.)
B.)
Since age cannot be negative, the son's only possible age would be 6.
Substitute
Therefore, the man's age is 30 years old and the son's age is 6.
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