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Eight years ago, Sam was eight times the age of his son Sam Jr. Today, if you add their ages together, they add.........

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Eight years ago, Sam was eight times the age of his son Sam Jr. Today, if you add their ages together, they add up to 52. How old are Sam and his son?

posted Mar 31, 2016 by Riteshwar

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Today, Sam is 40 years old and his son is 12 years old.

answer Mar 31, 2016 by Sundararajan Srinivasa Gopalan
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Let X = Sam age and Y = SamJr age
8 years ago ,
X - 8 = 8 * ( Y - 8)
Now
X + Y = 52
Solving the two equations, yields X = 40 Y = 12

answer Apr 1, 2016 by anonymous



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