document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=278524>Question 278524</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the sum of the ages of jasmine and her mother is 100. thir years ago jasmine's mother was 9 times as old as jasmine was then. how old is jamine now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the mother's age now.  Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> represent Jasmine's age now.  Thirty years ago (I'm assuming the \"thir\" you typed means thirty), the mother was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 30\"> and Jasmine was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\ -\ 30\">.  And we are given that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ +\ y\ =\ 100\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ -\ 30\ =\ 9\left(y\ -\ 30\right)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Re-write the second equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -x\ +\ 9y\ =\ 240\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add the re-written second equation to the first equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ -\ x\ +\ y\ +\ 9y\ =\ 100\ +\ 240\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 10y\ =\ 340\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large y\"> to find Jasmine's age now.  To check your work, subtract that result from 100 to find the mother's age now.  Then subtract 30 from each of the 'now' ages and verify that the larger is 9 times the smaller.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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