SOLUTION: If three times of the son‘s age in years is included to the mother‘s age, the total is 75 and if two times of the mother‘s age is included to the son‘s age, the total is 80. So the

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Question 1118347: If three times of the son‘s age in years is included to the mother‘s age, the total is 75 and if two times of the mother‘s age is included to the son‘s age, the total is 80. So the son‘s age is?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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That "included in" usage is not often (nor ever) found in academic arithmetic or algebra exercise problems. Maybe you make an attempt to write the problem description correctly so it may be understood.

Here is an attempt to solve the exercise but it might not be the intended interpretation:

y, the son
x, the mother
system%283y%2Bx=75%2C2x%2By=80%29


x%2B3y=75%2C2x%2By=80

system%282x%2B6y=150%2C2x%2By=80%29

Subtract second equation from first equation:
5y=70
highlight%28y=14%29
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x=75-3y
x=75-42
highlight%28x=33%29