Question 991876: A father and son's age is 50. After five years, the father is three times the age of the son. How old is their present age? Answer by satyareddy22(84) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the age of father be x and the age of son be y.
x+y=50-----------(1)
x+5=3(y+5)=3y+15
x+5=3y+15=>x-3y=10-----(2)
solving (1)& (2)
from (1) x=50-y,substituting in(2)
50-y-3y=10
3y+y=50-10
4y=40=>y=40/4=10
y=10yrs
x=50-10=40=>x=40yrs
Therefore the age of father is 40years & age of son is 10 years.
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