document.write( "Question 304911: A says to be,\"I am 5 times as old as you were, when i was as old as you are.\" if the sum of their present age is 64. Find their present ages. \n" ); document.write( "
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A says to be,\"I am 5 times as old as you were, when i was as old as you are.\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(a-b) = the difference between their ages
\n" ); document.write( "therefore
\n" ); document.write( "5(b - (a-b)) = a
\n" ); document.write( "Remove the inner bracket
\n" ); document.write( "5(b - a + b) = a
\n" ); document.write( "5(2b-a) = a
\n" ); document.write( "10b - 5a = a
\n" ); document.write( "10b = a + 5a
\n" ); document.write( "10b = 6a
\n" ); document.write( "b = \"6%2F10\"a
\n" ); document.write( "b = .6a
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\n" ); document.write( "if the sum of their present age is 64. Find their present ages.
\n" ); document.write( "a + b = 64
\n" ); document.write( "replace b with .6a
\n" ); document.write( "a + .6a = 64
\n" ); document.write( "1.6a = 64
\n" ); document.write( "a = \"64%2F1.6\"
\n" ); document.write( "a = 40 yrs is a's age
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( ".6(40) = 24 yrs is b's age
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this in the statement:
\n" ); document.write( "\"I am 5 times as old as you were, when i was as old as you are.\"
\n" ); document.write( "(Difference in their ages = 16 hrs)
\n" ); document.write( "5(24 - 16) = 40
\n" ); document.write( "5(8) = 40; confirms our solution \n" ); document.write( "
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