Question

This year, the sum of Mr. Bellini's age and his son's age is 38 years. 4 years ago, Mr. Bellini was 5 times as old as his son. How old is his son this year? How old is Mr. Bellini this year?

Answer 1

Let x = son's age
Let 38-x = Mr. Bellini's age (since the sum of their ages must be equal to 38)
Set up the equation using the the second statement:
(38 - x) - 4 = 5(x - 4)
Solving,
34 - x = 5x - 20
34 + 20 = 6x
54 = 6x
x = 9 years old (son's age)
38-x = 29 years old (Bellini's age)

Hope this helps~ :3

Answer 2

Thanks for your help Jai. ;)

Answer 3

This question had been answered before
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1381278345

You should always check your previous post before reposting it again.
You made Jai do work which was not necessary.

Answer 4

YO MAMA SOOOOOOOO FAT SHE HAD TO BE BAPTIZED AT SEA WORLD


but thx

Answer 5

this is to the people that help with answering the questions, thank you so much you don't even know how helpful u are