Max's age is 2 more than his fathers age divided by 4. Max is 13 years old. How old is his dad?

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    Max's age is 2 more than his fathers age divided by 4. Max is 13 years old. How old is his dad?

    Let Max's father be age f. We're given:
    (f + 2)/4 = 13

    Cross Multiply:
    f + 2 = 52

    Typing this equation into the search engine, we get:
    f = 50
     

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