document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=408429>Question 408429</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of john and his father's ages is 77.His father is 32 more than twice as old as john.How old are john and his father? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We can set up 2 equations for this. x represents the son and y will be the father. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=2x+32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let do substitution. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+32+x=77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms and subtract 32 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide by 3 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So John is 15 and the father is 62<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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