document.write( "Question 385572: The sum of jack and his father's age is 52. Jack's father age is 2 less than 5 times jack's age. Find the ages of jack and his father. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x and (52-x)represent jack's and the father's age respectively
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document.write( " (52-x) = 5x - 2
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document.write( "Solving for x
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document.write( " 52 - x = 5x - 2
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document.write( "    54 = 6x
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document.write( "     x = 9, jack's age.  The father's age is 43.   (52-9)\r
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document.write( "  43 = 5*9 - 2  \n" );
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