document.write( "Question 566001: mr. santos is 30 years older than his son. how old are the father and the son if the father is 15 yeaRS less than 4 times as old as his son. \n" ); document.write( "

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Let the father's age be 'f' and the son's age 's.' Then s+30=f and f+15=4s. Substituting the first equation into the second we get (s+30)+15=4s. This gives s=15 and f=45. \n" ); document.write( "

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