Question 910773: y years ago a man was y years old. his son is y years younger than his father.
a) How old is the son at present?
b) how old was the son 3years ago?
c) if at that time the son was 22years old, find the value of y.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! y years ago a man was y years old.
So, the man is 2y years old now
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his son is y years younger than his father.
So, the son is y years old now.
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a) How old is the son at present?
Ans: y yrs old
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b) how old was the son 3 years ago?
Ans: y-3 yrs old
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c) if at that time the son was 22years old, find the value of y.
y-3 = 22
y = 25
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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