document.write( "Question 157676: a father is older than his son by 32 years.6 years ago the father was 17 times as old as his son.how old are they now? \n" ); document.write( "
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a father is older than his son by 32 years.6 years ago the father was 17 times as old as his son.how old are they now?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = son's current age
\n" ); document.write( "then from: \"a father is older than his son by 32 years\"
\n" ); document.write( "x+32 = father's current age
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\n" ); document.write( "To derive our equation, we use \"6 years ago the father was 17 times as old as his son\"
\n" ); document.write( "(x+32)-6 = 17(x-6)
\n" ); document.write( "x+32-6 = 17x-102
\n" ); document.write( "x+26 = 17x-102
\n" ); document.write( "x+128 = 17x
\n" ); document.write( "128 = 16x
\n" ); document.write( "8 years = x (son's age)
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\n" ); document.write( "Father's age:
\n" ); document.write( "x+32 = 8+32 = 40 years
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