document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=227094>Question 227094</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> John's age is 2 years, less than three times Paul his son,s age. His son Mark is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15 years older than Paul. The sum of their ages is 103. Find the ages of John and histwo sons. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "15 years older than Paul. The sum of their ages is 103. Find the ages of John and his two sons.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1.  Let x be the age of Paul.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2.  Let x+15 be the age of Mark since Mark is 15 years older than Paul.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3.  Let 3x-2 be the age of John since John is 2 years les than 3 times Paul his son's age.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 4.  Then, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Bx%2B15%2B3x-2=103 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Bx%2B15%2B3x-2=103\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x%2B13=103 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x%2B13=103\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > since the sum of their sages is 103.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 5.  Solving yields the following steps for the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x%2B13=103 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x%2B13=103\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 13 from both sides of the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x=90 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x=90\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide by 5 to both sides of the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5x%2F5=90%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5x%2F5=90%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, Then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x-2=52 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x-2=52\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B15=33 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B15=33\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check sum of ages:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2B52%2B33=103 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2B52%2B33=103\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is a true statement.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 6.  ANSWER:  John is 52 years old, Mark is 33 years old, and Paul is 18 years old.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I hope the above steps were helpful.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And good luck in your studies!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Respectfully,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dr J\r<BR>\n" );
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