Question 569149: A 24 year old woman is now six times as old as her son; someday she will be only three times as old as he is. What will be her age when this occurs?
Answer by htmentor(1343)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A 24 year old woman is now six times as old as her son; someday she will be only three times as old as he is. What will be her age when this occurs?
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At present, the mother is 24 which is 6 times older than her son. Therefore, her son is now 4.
x years in the future, the mother will be 3 times older:
24 + x = 3(4 + x)
24 + x = 12 + 3x
2x = 12
x = 6
Therefore, the mother will be 24+6 = 30 yrs old when this occurs (the son will be 10)
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