Question

Two years later father will be 8 years more than three time the age of his son. Write a linear equation and find the age of father when son's age is 10 years

Answer 1

father age be x and son's age be y
since after 2 yrs
it is a 2x=8+3y
but y=10
2x=8+3(10)
2x=8+30
x=19
so father age is 19 yrs