document.write( "Question 754565: John is one fifth of his father’s age. If his dad was 32 when John was born, how old are they both now? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #459176 by dkppathak(439)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let age of father is 5x yrs \n" ); document.write( "and age of john is x yrs\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "age of father when john born was 32 yrs \n" ); document.write( "present age of father when john age is x +32 yrs with consideration of both conditions we can say \n" ); document.write( "5x=x+32 \n" ); document.write( "5x-x=32 \n" ); document.write( "4x=32 \n" ); document.write( "x=32/4 \n" ); document.write( "x=8yrs \n" ); document.write( "john present age is 8 yrs \n" ); document.write( "and father present age is 40 yrs \n" ); document.write( "answer father 40 yrs \n" ); document.write( " john age is 8yrs \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |