SOLUTION: Child, father und grandfather are together 110 years old.The father is three times as old as his child, the grandfather is 50 years older than his grandchild.how old is everyone?

Question 964372: Child, father und grandfather are together 110 years old.The father is three times as old as his child, the grandfather is 50 years older than his grandchild.how old is everyone?
Answer by amarjeeth123(569) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the child's age be x.
Then the father's age is 3x.
Then the grandfather's age is (50+x).
The sum of their ages is 110.
x+3x+50+x=110
5x+50=110
5x=60
x=12.
The child's age is 12.
The father's age is 36.
The grandfather's age is 62.

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