SOLUTION: If the father is five years older than the mother and the child is half the mother's age and all in all they add up to a 100..how old is each of them..?

SOLUTION: If the father is five years older than the mother and the child is half the mother's age and all in all they add up to a 100..how old is each of them..?

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Question 912115: If the father is five years older than the mother and the child is half the mother's age and all in all they add up to a 100..how old is each of them..?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x mother's age
(x+5) + x + x/2 = 100
2(x+5) + 2x + x = 200
5x = 190
x = 38, mother's age. Dad is 43 and child is 19
and...checking
sum = 100
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