document.write( "Question 995696: Q:A father is now four times as old as his son. Five years ago, he was seven times as old as his son. How old are they now?
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document.write( "I got up to letting the son's age be \"x\" years old and his father's age being \"4x\" years old. But everything I tried from there gave me wrong answers. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #614383 by josgarithmetic(39618)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( " NOW FIVE YEARS AGO\r\n" ); document.write( "FATHER 4x 4x-5\r\n" ); document.write( "SON x x-5\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The description's second sentence means |