SOLUTION: A man is thirty years old, and his son is thirteen years old.
How many years will the son be three-fourths as old as his father?
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Question 972459: A man is thirty years old, and his son is thirteen years old.
How many years will the son be three-fourths as old as his father?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A man is thirty years old, and his son is thirteen years old.
How many years will the son be three-fourths as old as his father?
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let y = no. of years for this to be true
y + 13 = (y+30)
multiply both sides by 4
4(y+13) = 3(y+30)
4y + 52 = 3y + 90
4y - 3y = 90 - 52
y = 38 yrs for this to happen
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Check this out, find their ages in 38 yrs.
13 + 38 = 51
30 + 38 = 68
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51/68 = .75 which is 3/4
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