A man is four times as old as his son. In five years time he will be three times as old. Find their present ages

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Let the age of the son be S then the father's current age is 4S. In 5 years their ages will be 4S+5 and S+5, when 4S+5=3(S+5)=3S+15, so S=10 and the present ages of father and son are 40 and 10.

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