document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=165145>Question 165145</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A woman id three times as old as her son,and the sum of their ages id 52.find each person's age. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = son's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then because \"woman is three times as old as her son\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = woman's age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From:\"sum of their ages id 52\" we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 3x = 52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 13 years (son's age)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "woman's age:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 3(13) = 39 years (mother's age)<BR>\n" );
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