document.write( "Question 170817: A father is 4 times older as old as his daughter. In 20 years he will be only twice as old as his daughter. How old are the father and daughter now? \n" ); document.write( "
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call fathers age f and daughters age d
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\n" ); document.write( "f=4d....eq 1
\n" ); document.write( "f+20=2(d+20)..eq 2
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\n" ); document.write( "take f's value from eq 1 and plug it into eq 2 and distribute the right side of eq 2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "4d+20=2d+40
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\n" ); document.write( "2d=20
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