SOLUTION: Child, father und grandfather are together 110 years old.The father is three times as old as his child, the grandfather is 50 years older than his grandchild.how old is everyone?

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Question 964372: Child, father und grandfather are together 110 years old.The father is three times as old as his child, the grandfather is 50 years older than his grandchild.how old is everyone?
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Let the child's age be x.
Then the father's age is 3x.
Then the grandfather's age is (50+x).
The sum of their ages is 110.
x+3x+50+x=110
5x+50=110
5x=60
x=12.
The child's age is 12.
The father's age is 36.
The grandfather's age is 62.