Problema Solution

A father is twice as old as his son.the sum of the ages is 99 years.Find their ages.

Answer provided by our tutors

Let the son's age be x.

then the father's age  = 2x

 

now sum of their ages  = 99

so, x + 2x  = 99

=> 3x = 99

=> x =33

 

so, sons age  = 33, father = 66