5. A mother's age is 32 years more than his son. In 4 years the mother

1.	5. A mother's age is 32 years more than his son. In 4 years the mother's age will be 8years more than twice that of her son. Find their present ages.
Answer» let mother's age be m and son's age be sm=32+ s. --------(1) m+4=8+2(s+4).---------(2) substituting (2) in (1)32+s=8+2s+8=>32-16=s=>s=16so m= 32+16=48so mother's age is 48 and son's age is 16

5. A mother's age is 32 years more than his son. In 4 years the mother's age will be 8years more than twice that of her son. Find their present ages.

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let mother's age be m and son's age be sm=32+ s. --------(1)

m+4=8+2(s+4).---------(2) substituting (2) in (1)32+s=8+2s+8=>32-16=s=>s=16so m= 32+16=48so mother's age is 48 and son's age is 16