SOLUTION: A man being asked his age replied: "If you take one year from my present age, the result will be three times my son's now, and three years ago, my age was twice what his will be in

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Question 198556: A man being asked his age replied: "If you take one year from my present age, the result will be three times my son's now, and three years ago, my age was twice what his will be in 5 years." Find the present age of the man.
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A man being asked his age replied: "If you take one year from my present age, the result will be three times my son's now, and three years ago, my age was twice what his will be in 5 years." Find the present age of the man.
Dad is 22
d-1=3s
d-3=2s%2B5
d=2s%2B8
%282s%2B8%29-1=3s
2s%2B7=3s
s=7
d-1=3%287%29
d-1=21
d=22