Question

1. Max's age is 2 more than his father's age divided by 4. Max is 13 years old. How old is his dad? please show the equation

Answer 1

Let max and dad be the current age of Max and his Father respectively. Solve the following equations for max and dad.\[\left\{\max =+2+\frac{\text{dad}}{4},\max =13\right\}\]\[\{\max =13,\text{dad}=44\} \]