document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=177494>Question 177494</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hermin is 6 years older than Doy.  Eight years from now, Hermin will be 4 times as old as Doy was 4 years ago.  Find their present ages? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #132609 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><B>ptaylor(2198)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ptaylor><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ptaylor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=132609\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x=Doy's present age; x+8=Doy's age 8 years from now;  x-4=Doy's age 4 years ago<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then x+6=Hermin's present age; x+14=Hermin's age 8 years from now\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we are told the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+14=4(x-4)  get rid of parens (distributive)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+14=4x-16  subtract x from and add 16 to each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-x+14+16=4x-x-16+16  collect like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30=3x divide each side by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10-----------------------Doy's present age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+6=10+6=16 ----------------Hermin's present age\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CK<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16+8=4(10-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24=24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Does this help???----------------ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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