Question 1123127
your problem statement and your equations do not track with each other.


the problem statement doesn't make any sense.


in 3 years time george's father will be as old as george is now?


that makes george older than his father.


not likely.


your equation suggests that, in 3 years time, george's father will be twice as old as george.


that makes more sense.


assuming that's what you mean, then:


in 3 years time, george's father will be twice as old as george.


if george's father is now 37, how old is george.


let x = george's age now.


in 3 years time, george will be x + 3 years old.


in 3 years time, george's father will be 37 + 3 years = 40 years old.


your equation is 40 = 2 * (x + 3)


simplify to get 40 = 2x + 6


subtract 6 from both sides of this equation to get 34 = 2x


solve for x to get x = 34/2 = 17


george's father is now 37 and george is 17.


in 3 years, george's father sill be 40 and george will be 20.


in 3 years timw, george's father is 40 / 20 = twica as old as george.


if you meant:


in 3 years time george's father will be twice as old as george is now.


then the equation would be:


40 = 2x and you will get that george is 20 now.