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Pedro is 48 years younger than his grandfather. In 5 years, his grandpa w
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Question 1180357: Hi. Please help me solve this age problem. I need to solve it by using any system of linear equations.
Pedro is 48 years younger than his grandfather. In 5 years, his grandpa will be five times his age. How old is Pedro? Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, MathLover1:Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) (Show Source):
if Pedro is years younger than his grandfather, then
............eq.1
if in years, his grandpa will be his age, we have
........eq.2
solve the system:
............eq.1 ........eq.2
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substitute from eq.1 in eq.2
........eq.2, solve for
go to
............eq.1,substitute