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A man is twice the age his wife was when he was the age she is now. When she is the age that he is now, the sum of their ages will be ninety-nine. What age are the man and woman?
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document.write( "Let  = the man's present age.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let  = the wife's present age\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let  = the difference in their ages.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So one equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "So notice these facts:\r\n" );
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document.write( "d years ago, the man was as old as the wife is now,\r\n" );
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document.write( "d years from now, the wife will be as old as the \r\n" );
document.write( "man is now.\r\n" );
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document.write( "He was her present age  years ago, and she \r\n" );
document.write( "was  then.\r\n" );
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document.write( "He is now twice that so he is now .  \r\n" );
document.write( "So the second equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "She will be his present age  years from now, \r\n" );
document.write( "when she will be , and he will be .\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the third equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now we have three equations in three unknowns:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplifying them and setting them up so that like\r\n" );
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document.write( "Can you solve that system?  If not post again asking how.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The solution is , , \r\n" );
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document.write( "He is 44, she is 33 and the difference in their ages is\r\n" );
document.write( "11 years.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So ll years ago he was her present age of 33, she was 22.  \r\n" );
document.write( "And since he is 44 now he is twice as old as she was then.\r\n" );
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document.write( "And 11 years from now, she will be his present age of 44,\r\n" );
document.write( "and he will be 55, and the sum of 44 and 55 then will \r\n" );
document.write( "indeed be 99.  So it checks.\r\n" );
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