document.write( "Question 907506: The age of a father and son adds up to 37 and the mother's age is 5 times that of the son's .If mom's age is 7 years less than that of the father's, what is the mother age?
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The age of a father and son adds up to 37.
\n" ); document.write( "The equation for this would be f+s = 37\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The mother's age is 5 times that of the son's
\n" ); document.write( "The equation for this would be m= 5s\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Mom's age is 7 years less than the father's.
\n" ); document.write( "This equation would be m= f-7\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Father's age is m+7 = f
\n" ); document.write( "Plug this into f+s= 37
\n" ); document.write( " (m+7) + s = 37\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If m= 5s, then (m+7) + s = 37
\n" ); document.write( " 5s + 7 + s = 37
\n" ); document.write( " 6s + 7 = 37
\n" ); document.write( " 6s = 30
\n" ); document.write( " s = 5
\n" ); document.write( "This is the son's age.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If s = 5, then f+s = 37 will give us the father's age
\n" ); document.write( " f+5 = 37
\n" ); document.write( " f = 32\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If s= 5, then m=5s gives us the mother's age
\n" ); document.write( " m= 5(5)
\n" ); document.write( " m= 25
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