Question 1123127: in 3years time george's father will be as old as george if georges father is now 37 years,how old is george now.
2x+3+x+3=37
2x+x=37-3-3
3x/3=37/3
x=12.33
Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps, Theo:
Answer by ikleyn(52903)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
in 3years time george's father will be as old as george if georges father is now 37 years,how old is george now.
2x+3+x+3=37
2x+x=37-3-3
3x/3=37/3
x=12.33
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Nonsense.
It is really a rare case to meet a nonsense of such extent.
Answer by greenestamps(13214)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is nonsense....
With humans at least, a father will never be the same age as his son.
read what you wrote; correct it, and post the problem correctly
Answer by Theo(13342)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! your problem statement and your equations do not track with each other.
the problem statement doesn't make any sense.
in 3 years time george's father will be as old as george is now?
that makes george older than his father.
not likely.
your equation suggests that, in 3 years time, george's father will be twice as old as george.
that makes more sense.
assuming that's what you mean, then:
in 3 years time, george's father will be twice as old as george.
if george's father is now 37, how old is george.
let x = george's age now.
in 3 years time, george will be x + 3 years old.
in 3 years time, george's father will be 37 + 3 years = 40 years old.
your equation is 40 = 2 * (x + 3)
simplify to get 40 = 2x + 6
subtract 6 from both sides of this equation to get 34 = 2x
solve for x to get x = 34/2 = 17
george's father is now 37 and george is 17.
in 3 years, george's father sill be 40 and george will be 20.
in 3 years timw, george's father is 40 / 20 = twica as old as george.
if you meant:
in 3 years time george's father will be twice as old as george is now.
then the equation would be:
40 = 2x and you will get that george is 20 now.
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