Question 1203575: When a man is asked how old is he, he replied "I am four times as old as my eldest son and five times as old as my youngest son ". When my eldest son is three times as old as he is now I will be exceeding twice my youngest son's age by three time. Determine how old the man is.
Found 2 solutions by greenestamps, ikleyn:
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source):
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"... exceeding twice my youngest son's age by three time."
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Looking at the question as tutor @ikleyn found it on the internet, the correct wording of that phrase is "... exceeding twice my youngest son's age by three years."
It is a good idea when you post a problem for you to look at what you are posting before you post it.
Note the page referenced by tutor @ikleyn shows the solution... in which the man's current age is 30, making the age of his eldest son 7.5 years. That violates standard rules that ages in age problems must be positive integer numbers.
Answer by ikleyn(52794)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
See
https://www.madasmaths.com/archive/maths_booklets/basic_topics/various/equations_exam_questions_i.pdf
page 47, question 72. Find the solution there.
I am not responsible for the correctness (or incorrectness) of English
in this problem, neither in the current copy nor in the original text.
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