Question 1050652

When a really smart kid was asked about his mother's age, he said: "i am a fifth as old as my mother. In six years i will be one third as old" 
How old iss the kid and his mother?
<pre>let son's age be S
Then mother's is: 5S
We then get: 5S + 6 = 3(S + 6)
Solve to get: {{{highlight_green(matrix(2,3, "Son's", "age:", 6, "Mother's", "age:", 30))}}}