SOLUTION: Five years ago a mother was twice as old as her own son in 6 years time the sum of their age will be 82. Find the number

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Question 1178235: Five years ago a mother was twice as old as her own son in 6 years time the sum of their age will be 82. Find the number
Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52794) About Me  (Show Source):
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Five years ago a mother was twice as old as her own son in 6 years time the sum of their age will be 82.
Find the number
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Do not write "her own son".

The mother can not have a son, who is not "her own son".



. . . Do not frighten people who read your post . . .



Use the punctuation signs properly.


Also, which number you suppose to find ?


The number of stars in the sky ?


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If you will write in this mode, the tutors who respect themselves, will not communicate with you.




Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Five years ago a mother was twice as old as her own son in 6 years time the sum of their age will be 82. Find the number
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Which number?


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Five years ago, a mother was twice as old as her son. In 6 years time, the sum of their age will be 82. Find the current age of each.
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Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given that the mother was twice as old as her son 5 years ago, I would set up the problem using

x = son's age 5 years ago
2x = mother's age 5 years ago

6 years from now is 11 years after 5 years ago, so....

x+11 = son's age 6 years from now
2x+11 = mother's age 6 years from now

The sum of their ages 6 years from now is 82:

%28x%2B11%29%2B%282x%2B11%29+=+82
3x%2B22+=+82
3x+=+60
x+=+20

Their ages 5 years ago were 20 and 40.
Their ages now are 25 and 45.
Their ages 6 years from now will be 31 and 51.

It's not clear from your post which "number" you wanted....