The ratio of a father's age to his son's age is 6 to 2. If the son is 12 years old, how is his father

Answer 1

Hi Jo,

we can write the ratio of the father's age to his son in fraction form:

Father's age = 6

Son's age 2

Then we can write a pair of equivalent ratios to find the actual age of the father (x):

6 = x

2 12

Multiply the numerator and denominator by 6 to find the father's age:

6 • 6 = x

2 • 6 12

x = 36

The father would be 36 years old.