A woman said to her to her son," I was as old as you are now at the time of your birth". If the woman is 56 years old now, find her son's age 9 years ago

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Zachery Villegas

Mathematics

19 December, 05:58

A woman said to her to her son," I was as old as you are now at the time of your birth". If the woman is 56 years old now, find her son's age 9 years ago

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Emmett Small · Answer 1

i think he is 6 years and 2 months old

Jellybean · Answer 2

he son was 19

Step-by-step explanation:

if the son is the same age as his mom was when she gave birth to him you must divide the mothers ageby 2 so you get half her age which would be 28 then you subtract 9 and you get 19

56/2=28

28-9=19