document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=480084>Question 480084</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am three times as old as my son. Five years later i shall be two and a half times as old as my son.What is my age?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 3s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(m+5) = (5/2)(s+5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"m\" and solve for \"s\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s+5 = (5/2)s + (25/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/2)s = 15/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 15 (son's age now)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m = 3s = 45 (father's age now)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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