SOLUTION: 1) A father is five times as old as his son. If the difference in their ages is 32 years, find their ages. 2) A goat is six times as heavy as its kid. If their total mass is 70 kg

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Question 1040544: 1) A father is five times as old as his son. If the difference in their ages is 32 years, find their ages.
2) A goat is six times as heavy as its kid. If their total mass is 70 kg, find their masses in kg.
3) A mother is five times as old as her daughter. If the sum of their ages 6 years ago was 60, find their present ages.
4) A boy is 12 years old. His mother is 4 times as old. In x years time, the mother will be three times as old as the son. Form an equation in x and hence find x.
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1) A father is five times as old as his son. If the difference in their ages is 32 years, find their ages.
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One line solution:  5x - x = 32  --->  4x = 32  --->  x = 32%2F4 = 8.   Answer. 8 years and 5*8 = 40 years.

Apply same logic to ## 2) and 3) and get one line solutions for these cases.