Problema Solution
5 years ago father is three times as old as his son . 5 years hence they will be only 2 times as old, find their present ages?
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let present age of son be x
5 yr ago he was x-5
let father age be y
5 yr ago he was
y - 5
now y - 5 = 3 ( x - 5 )
y -5 = 3x - 15 A
5 yr from now
son
father is x +5 solving a and b
son is y + 5
x = 15 son and y = 35 father
eqn is y +5 = 2 ( x + 5)
y + 5 = 2x + 10 B