Please help me cause I feel dumb right now

[Ikang_a]

A man is 4 times as old as his son. The difference between their age is 36. Find the sum of their ages?

 

[lex]

The man is 4 times the age of his son. How many times the age of his son will the difference in their ages be?
Man 4s, Son s, Difference = ____ s?

 

[lev888]

A man is 4 times as old as his son. The difference between their age is 36. Find the sum of their ages?

Can you set up 2 equations based on the 2 relationships?

 

[Ikang_a]

 

[Ikang_a]

Hopefully this can be understood

 

[lex]

Perfect