Homework Help: word problem

Posted by emma on Monday, November 21, 2011 at 7:02pm.

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.

word problem - Reiny, Monday, November 21, 2011 at 7:05pm
follow the same steps as I just showed you in the previous post.
Let me know what you got.
word problem - Damon, Monday, November 21, 2011 at 7:06pm
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

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