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sunny is now 32 yrs old and his don is 7 years old . in how many yrs will sunny be twice as old as his son ?

 May 25, 2014

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thank u melody for the help ! u dod a good thing so i wanted to give u thumbs uu ! so thumbs for the second answer !

 May 25, 2014
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sorry everyone its not "don " its son in place of it !

 May 25, 2014
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Hi Rosala,

Sunny is now and always will be 32-7=25 years older than his son.

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so  if the son's age is X    (in any given year)

is Sunny's age is X+25

Sunny will be twice as old as his son when

2X=X+25

2X-X=25

X=25

25-7=18  This will happen in 18 years time.

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You could do this more simple.

The difference in age is 25years so when the son is 25 the father must be 50. (that is twice as much)

The boy is 7 now.  25-7=18

So this will happen in 18 years time!

 May 25, 2014
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i dont know why im getting a bit confused ! if the sons age is x then why did u do it like this 2x=x+25

just tell mee about 2x ?

 May 25, 2014
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by the way thanks melody to answer ! its a very good answer but i have a lil doubt ! thanks and thumbs up from me for the very nice answer !

 May 25, 2014
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Okay Rosala,  

I really like you to ask questions like this.

The son's age is X    That is correct.

The father's age is X+25

We need to know how old Sunny is when his father is EXACTLY DOUBLE sunny's age.

Exactly double sonny's age is 2X

So we need to know when

2X=X+25     (Twice son's age = father's age)

Think about it and then tell me if it helps.

 May 25, 2014
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can u make it more simpler !

 May 25, 2014
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Hi Rosala,

It is good that you are still telling me you don't understand!

Why don't you forget about the algebra bit.  Maybe you are not ready for that yet.  Look at the last bit that i wrote.  Try to make sense of that.

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You could do this more simply.

The difference in age is 25years so when the son is 25 the father must be 50. (that is twice as much)

The boy is 7 now.  25-7=18

So this will happen in 18 years time!

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Just try thinking about that!

 May 25, 2014
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thank u melody for the help ! u dod a good thing so i wanted to give u thumbs uu ! so thumbs for the second answer !

rosala May 25, 2014
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ive understood now !

 May 25, 2014
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Thank you Rosala 

 May 25, 2014
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ur most welcome ! 

 May 25, 2014

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