SOLUTION: What are the present ages of Rainer and his father if in three years, Rainer will be 2/3 the age of his father and the sum of their present ages is 44?
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Question 1058549: What are the present ages of Rainer and his father if in three years, Rainer will be 2/3 the age of his father and the sum of their present ages is 44? Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source):
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What are the present ages of Rainer and his father if in three years, Rainer will be 2/3 the age of his father and the sum of their present ages is 44?
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Formally the answer is 17 and 27 for their present ages.
But in the context of the formulation and from positions of the common sense, it doesn't make sense.
