SOLUTION: The sum of the ages of a boy and his mother is 48. If the mother is three more than twice the boy�s age, find the difference in the ages of the boy and his mother.

Question 1013422: The sum of the ages of a boy and his mother is 48. If the mother is three
more than twice the boy�s age, find the difference in the ages of the boy and
his mother.
Answer by fullofspark(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let assume the age of the boy be 'x' . so the age of mother would be '48-x' now according to the condition given in the question that
48-x = 2x+3
48-3=3x
x=15
you get the value of x that is 15
now the age of boy would be 15 and age of mother would be 33
so, difference would be 33-15= 18
18 would be your answer.
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