Question

Father is thrice as old as his son. The sum of their ages is $88$ years. Find their ages.

Answer 1

Let the ages of father and son be $F,S$ respectively.

Given that

$\Rightarrow F=3S$ and

$\Rightarrow F+S=88$

$\Rightarrow 3S+S=88$

$\Rightarrow 4S=88$

$\Rightarrow S=22$

$\Rightarrow F=66$

Therefore, ages o father and son are $66,22years$