document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=287779>Question 287779</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mr. Parabol, a mathematics teacher was traveling by bus with his family consisting of his mother,wife,son,and daughter. The bus conductor doubting the son's right to have a half-fare ticket asked, How old is your daughter?Mr.Parabola, irritated at having his honesty questioned,confused the conductor with his answer: my daughter is twice as old as my son. My wife is three times as old as the sum of the ages of my son and daughter, and iam as old as my wife and daughter. My mother whose age is the total of all our ages is now 69. can you help the conductor in finding the age of the girl? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #208534 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=208534\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> d=2s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=3*(s+d)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f=w+d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=69<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=f+w+s+d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Was the driver blind? or the son gigantic for his age?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 6,   f = 33,   m = 69,   s = 3,   w = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Did you confuse son and daughter in the description?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the driver was challenging the son 's age, why did he ask about the daughter?<BR>\n" );
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