document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=305331>Question 305331</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In 2 years I will be 5 times as old as my son and half as old as my father. My father just turned  78. How old is my son?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #218594 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=218594\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let my son's age be x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "after 2 years he will be x+2 years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My age will be 5 (x+2) years after 2 years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5(x+2) = 1/2 *(78+2)  ( father's age after two years will be 78+2 years)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+10=40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x= 30\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=6  son'sage now\r<BR>\n" );
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