document.write( "Question 1052164: five years ago a mother was twice as old ss her son. in 6 yrs time, the sum of their age will be 82. find there percentage age ?? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #667593 by jorel555(1290) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let s be the age of the son five years ago. Then the mother would be 2s. So:
\n" ); document.write( "s+5+6+2s+5+6=82
\n" ); document.write( "3s=60
\n" ); document.write( "s=20
\n" ); document.write( "s+5=25
\n" ); document.write( "2s+5=45
\n" ); document.write( "45/25=1.8 is the ratio of their ages right now. ☺☺☺☺ \n" ); document.write( "

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