Q. 5 years ago Kate was 5 times as old as her Son. 5 years hence her age will be 8 less than three times the corresponding age of her Son. Find their ages.

• Age of Kate now = 35 years
  age of son = 11 years
  
  
  Before 5 years, ages were 30 and 6 years.
  Ages after 5 years will be 16 and 40 (3*16-8) years.
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(0)
• let x be the mother's age and y be the son's age
  x-5=5(y-5)
  x+5=3(y+5)-8
  by solving this we get x=35 and y=11
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(1)
• x-5=5(y-5)
  x+5=3(y+5)-8
  5y-15=3y+15-8
  2y=22
  y=11
  and x=35
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• suppose age of son=y and age of kate=x
  x-5 = 5(y-5)----------(1)
  (x+5)+8 = 3(y+5)--------(2)
  by equation (1) and (2) we can say that
  age of son(y)=11 and age of kate(x)=35
  
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)