Homework Help: College Math

Posted by Jess on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 11:03pm.

A certain man spent 10% of his life in childhood and 20% of his life as a young adult at which time he married his lovely bride. Five years later his son was born. His son lived to be half the age of his father when his father died. The man died ten years after his son died. How old was the man when he died? How old was the son when he died?

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