document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=507300>Question 507300</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">       The sum of the ages of a woman and her son is 36 years. Six years from now the woman will be twice as old as her son. How old is each now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "w + s = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(w+6) = 2(s+6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"w\" and solve for \"s\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36-s+6 = 2s+12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 10 yrs old (son's age now)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"w\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w + s = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w + 10 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 26 (mother's age now)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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