document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=151415>Question 151415</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A is eleven times as old as B. in a certain number of years, A will be five times as old as  B, and in five years after that she will be three times as old as B. how old are they now. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A = 11B<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in a certain number of years, A will be five times as old as B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+x = 5(B+x)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and in five years after that she will be three times as old as B. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A+x+5 = 3(B+x+5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how old are they now?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange the three equations with variables A, B, and x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A - 11B + 0x = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A -  5B -4x  = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A -3B  - 2x  = 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the systems of three equations by any method to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 22 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A is 22 yrs. old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B is 2 yrs. old<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Chers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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