SOLUTION: A man is four yrs.older than his wife of 5 times as old as his son.when the son was born the age of the wife is 6/7 that of husband age.find the age of his wife
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Question 624118: A man is four yrs.older than his wife of 5 times as old as his son.when the son was born the age of the wife is 6/7 that of husband age.find the age of his wife Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
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"A man is four yrs.older than his wife"
m = w+4
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"5 times as old as his son."
m = 5s
replace m with w+4
5s = w+4
s =
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"when the son was born the age of the wife is 6/7 that of husband age."
w - s = (m-s)
multiply both sides by 7
7(w-s) = 6(m-s)
7w - 7s = 6m - 6s
7w = 6m - 6s + 7s
7w = 6m + s
Replace m with (w+4)
7w = 6(w+4) + s
7w = 6w + 24 + s
7w - 6w = s + 24
w = s + 24
replace s with
w = () + 24
multiply eq by 5
5w = w + 4 + 5(24)
5w - w = 4 + 120
4w = 124
w =
w = 31 yrs is wife's present age
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Check this
31 + 4 = 35 yrs is man's present age
s = 35/5, (man is 5 times son's age)
s = 7 yrs is son's present age
Check solution in the statement,
"when the son was born the age of the wife is 6/7 that of husband age."
31 - 7 = (35-7)
24 = *28
24 = 6*4; confirms our solution of wife's age is 31
