SOLUTION: When someone asked Mary her age and the age of her son, she said,"If you subtract 2 from my age and divide this result by 5, you will have my son's age. But in three years his age

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Question 1065464: When someone asked Mary her age and the age of her son, she said,"If you subtract 2 from my age and divide this result by 5, you will have my son's age. But in three years his age will be one fourth of mine." Find their ages now.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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m Mary
s her son

Translation of the description into equations literally.
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