SOLUTION: maria is 30 years old.her age is 5x of her son.how old is her son

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Question 458845: maria is 30 years old.her age is 5x of her son.how old is her son
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Her age = 30
Her son = x
Five times her son = 5x

Her age is five times her son.

30 = 5x {created equation}
x = 6 {divided both sides by 5}

her son is 6
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