Question 224042: Aman is four times the age of his son, the sum of both ages is 50. What is the age of the son? Answer by drj(1380) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Aman is four times the age of his son, the sum of both ages is 50. What is the age of the son?
Step 1. Let x be the age of Aman's son.
Step 2. Let 4x be the age of Aman.
Step 3. Then x+4x=50 since the sum of both ages is 50.
Step 4. Solving yields the following steps.
Divide 5 to both sides of the equation
and and the sum of their ages is 50.
Step 5. ANSWER: The age of Aman's son is 10 years old.
I hope the above steps and explanation were helpful.
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