document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169849>Question 169849</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A MAN IS FIVE YEARS OLDER THAN HIS WIFE. THIRTEEN YEARS AGO HE WAS TWICE HER AGE. HOW OLD IS THE MAN?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "wife's age = x yrs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "man's age = x+5 yrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "13 yrs. ago DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "wife was x-13 yrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "man was x-8 yrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-8 = 2(x-13)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-8 = 2x-26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 18 (wife's age now)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5 = 23 (man's age now)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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