badabo_22
Sep 12, 2010, 05:34 AM
A 42 years old father is 7 times older than his son.what is the son's age?
Unknown008
Sep 12, 2010, 06:54 AM
If the father is 42 years old... and his age is 7 times the age of his son, you can put it like this:
7y = 42
Where y is the age of the son. Multiply that age by 7 to get the age of the father.
Can you work out the age of the son now?