Question 1164331
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Mick’s father was 28 years old when Mick was born. If his father is now 3 times as old as Mick is, how old are they both now?
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            The  "solution"  by @josgarithmetic is  TOTALLY  WRONG  and his answer  "Mick is 56"  is  ABSOLUTELY  INCORRECT.


            I came to bring the correct solution.



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The problem says that Mick's father is 28 years older than Mick.

So, if Mick' age now is x years, then the father's age is (x+28) years.


Next, from the condition, you have THIS equation

    x + 28 = 3x.     ("his father is now 3 times as old as Mick is")


From this equation

    28 = 3x - x

    28 = 2x

     x = {{{28/2}}} = 14.


<U>ANSWER</U>.  Mick is 14 years old.  His father is 3*14 = 42 years old.


<U>CHECK</U>.  Father, whose age is 42 years, is 28 years older than Mick:  42 - 28 = 14.   ! Correct !
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There is a bunch of lessons on age word problems 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Age-problems-and-their-solutions.lesson>Age problems and their solutions</A>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Fresh-formulation-of-a-traditional-age-problem.lesson>A fresh formulation of a traditional age problem</A>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Really-intricate-age-word-problem.lesson>Really intricate age word problems</A>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Selected-age-word-problems-from-the-archive.lesson>Selected age word problems from the archive</A>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Age-problems-for-mental-solution.lesson>Age problems for mental solution</A> 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Miscellaneous-age-problem.lesson>Miscellaneous age problems</A> 

in this site.


Read them and become an expert in solving age problems.


Also, &nbsp;you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson>ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK</A>.


The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "<U>Age word problems</U>".



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