SOLUTION: Fernando is twice as old as his son 12 years from now he will be twice as old as his son how old is fernando now

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Question 1149121: Fernando is twice as old as his son 12 years from now he will be twice as old as his son how old is fernando now
Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, Edwin McCravy, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
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This problem is inconsistent and self-contradictory.

As worded,  printed,  posted and presented,  it  MAKES  NO  SENSE  and  HAS  NO  SOLUTION.


Typical and regular  FAKE  PROBLEM  from the person who understand  NOTHING  in this type of problems.


Good only to throw it to a  GARBAGE  BOX.

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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20065) About Me  (Show Source):
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Fernando is 
F =

twice as old as
F = 2∙

his son. 12 years from now 
F = 2∙S    <--first equation

12 years from now he will be 
F+12 =

twice as old as 
F+12 = 2∙

his son 
F+12 = 2∙S    <--second equation

how old is fernando now
system%28F=2S%2CF%2B12=2S%29

You finish...  Solve by substituting 2S for F, then substituting
what you get for S into F=2S.

Edwin
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Edwin

Answer by MathTherapy(10557) About Me  (Show Source):
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Fernando is twice as old as his son 12 years from now he will be twice as old as his son how old is fernando now
He can't be twice his son's age now, and also twice the same son's age, 12 years from now, if that's what you're inferring.