Question

father age is 4times the age of his son. the sum of the ages of a father and son is 56.
after 17 years, the father is 2 times the age of the son, find their ages​

Answer 1

Answer:

The question is wrong. This is my explanation why the question is wrong.

Let son's age be x.

Then, father's age=4x.

After 17 years:

father's age=17+4x

Son's age is=17+x

father's age is 2 times. the age of his son, that is:

17+4x=2(17+x)

17+4x=34+2x

17-34=2x-4x

-17=-2x

x=17/2

sum of their ages is 56, that is,

17+x+17+4x=56

34+5x=56

5x=56-34

x=22/5

• All the values of x should be equal, but it is not.
• the value of X is not a whole number.

thus, question is wrong.