document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=364460>Question 364460</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a father is twice as old as his son,fourteen years ago he was four times as old as his son, what is the age of the father and the son? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "son's age = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "father's age =2x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "14 years ago<BR>\n" );
document.write( "son was x-14 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "father was 2x-14 years<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x-14 = 4(x-14)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-14 = 4x-56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x=-42<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 21 years son's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Father's age = 2x=42 years<BR>\n" );
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