A father and his son decide to sum their ages. The sum is equal to sixty years. Six years ago, the age of the father was five times the age of his son. Six years the son's age will be? I will mark as brainlist pl

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Let the present ages of son and father be x and (60 -x) years respectively.

Then, (60 - x) - 6 = 5(x - 6)

⇒ 54 - x = 5x - 30

⇒ 6x = 84

⇒ x = 14

∴ Son's age after 6 years = (x + 6) = 20 years.

20

Step-by-step explanation:

Let father's age be x

let son's age be y

x + y = 60 - (eq 1)

Six years ago,

(x - 6) = 5(y - 6) -(eq 2)

From (1)

x = 60-y

Therefore, 60-y - 6= 5y - 30

y = 14

in six years, y = 20

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