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patrick is 28 years older than his oldest son jerome, eight years from now, he will be three times as old as his son jerome. how old are their?

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Let the age of Jerome now be x, and the age of Patrick be x + 28

Patrick's age + 8 = 3 · (Jerome's age + 8)
(x + 28) + 8 = 3 · (x + 8)
x + 36 = 3x + 24
12 = 2x
6 = x

Patrick is 34 years old and Jerome is 6.