Problema Solution

5 years from now they will twice as old. how old are they now?

Answer provided by our tutors

let x =father and y =son

x-5=3(y-5)

x-3y=-10

3y-x=10   -(1)

x+5=2y+5

x=2y  -(2)

add 1 and 2,we get

y=10

and x= 20