a woman age and her son added to 45, 5 years ago the woman was 6 times as old as her son. how old was the woman when the son was born.

Answer 1

follow the same steps as I just showed you in the previous post.
Let me know what you got.

Answer 2

w+s = 45
(w-5) = 6(s-5)

w - 5 = 6 s - 30
or
w - 6s = -25
w + 1s = 45
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-7 s = - 70
s = 10
then
w = 35
difference w-s = 25 years older

Answer 3

Thanks I am grateful

Answer 4

the woman was 25 years when son was born