SOLUTION: John's mother is five times as old as John. Five years from now she will be just three times as old.How old is john now?

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Question 242089: John's mother is five times as old as John. Five years from now she will be just three times as old.How old is john now?
Answer by College Student(505) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let John = x
Let Mom = 5x
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Five years from now mom will be three times as old as John. So our equation becomes:
5x%2B5=3%28x%2B5%29
Now solve for x to determine John's age.
I'll let you do the algebra.
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Remember to check your answers by plugging the results in the origianl equation. Both sides of the equation must equal to each other for the value of x to be correct.
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Done!
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PS... Mom is 25 now.