Question 878247
x and y, bunty and son.
{{{x-2=3*(y-2)}}}, the first part.


The "two years hence" part:
{{{2(x+2)=5*(y+2)}}}, but this may be ambiguous in the wording.


Those then are two equations in the two unknown variables.  


Simplifications will give:
{{{x-2=3y-6}}}
{{{x-3y=-6+2}}}
{{{highlight(x-3y=-4)}}}
and
{{{2x+4=5y+10}}}
{{{2x-5y=10-4}}}
{{{highlight(2x-5y=6)}}}
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Solve the system of the two equations.