document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=150247>Question 150247</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Luisa is 5 years younger than her sister Sigrid,8 years from now she will be four-fifths as old as her sister will be then. How old is each now?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let Luisa be x yrs old now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The Sigrid is x+5 yrs old now<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Luisa is x+8 yrs old eight years from now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sigrid is (x+5)+8 eight years from now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+8 = (4/5)((x+5)+8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 40 = 4x + 52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12 (Luisa's age now)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5 = 17 (Sigrid's age now)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
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