document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=351456>Question 351456</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mark is 4 years younger than his sister. six years ago marks sister was 5 times his age at that time. How old are Mark and his sister now </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "*Note: Mark was and \"always\" will be 4 yerars younger than his sister.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x be his sister's age 6 years ago. His age at that timet would have been (x-4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Question states:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5*(x-4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify and solve<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5x - 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20= 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5 (his sister's age 6 years ago)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now: his sister is 11 and he is 7 (4 years younger) </SPAN>\n" );
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