Question

Five years from now, a father's age will be three times his son's age, and 5 years ago, he was seven times as old as his son was. What are their present ages? Please answer and explain. Thank you

Answer 1

the way to go about solving this is to write down the algebraic expressions for these statements

Answer 2

so lets start by letting the current age of the father be "f"
and the current age of his son be "s"

Answer 3

what will be their ages in 5 years from now?

Answer 4

@lolohhgh - do you understand?