document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=325325>Question 325325</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  the couple has a son and a daughter. the age of the father is threee times that of his daughters age the age of son is half of his mother. the wife is 9 years younger to her husband and the brother is 7 years older then than his sister. what is the age of the mother?  \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 #232971 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=232971\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let mother's age =x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "husband = x+9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "son = x/2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "sister 1/3 (x+9)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "brother = 1/3(x+9)+7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "brother = son<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/2 = 1/3(x+9)+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x/2 = x+9+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x/2 = x+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x= 2(x+16)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=2x+32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-2x=32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 32 mother's age.<BR>\n" );
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