SOLUTION: Currently Cal’s father is 5 times older than cal. Cal is 4 years older than his sister abbey. In five years from now, cal and abbeys dad will be 4 years older than 3 times Cal’

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Question 1168210: Currently Cal’s father is 5 times older than cal. Cal is 4 years older than his sister abbey. In five years from now, cal and abbeys dad will be 4 years older than 3 times Cal’s age. How old are cal, abbey and their father
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In case the solutions are not whole numbers, you might want to recheck the problem description.

Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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In Math problems in English, " 5 times older " means " 6 times as old ".

Is it what you want to say ?


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Comment from student: Wait, Do you need me to rephrase it?



My response : What I need is to have a correct formulation of the problem from the customer (not that created by me).

If you have it, then post it to the forum.

Please do not post it to me personally.