document.write( "Question 30155: please help me with this question,
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Let the age before the current age be x
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document.write( "5(x-12)=x-40
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document.write( "5x-60=x-40
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document.write( "4x=20
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document.write( "x=5\r
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document.write( "Hence, it was 5 years ago sine her mom was 5 times as old as her.
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document.write( "PAul. \n" );
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