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document.write( "A man is 4 years older than his wife, and 5 times as old as his son. When the son was born, the age of the wife was 6/7 that of her husband's age. Find the age of each. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " When the son was born, the age of the wife was six-sevenths that of her husband's age.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Find the age of each.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for each statement:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"A man is 4 years older than his wife\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = w + 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 4 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = (m-4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"and 5 times as old as his son.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 5s<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"When the son was born, the age of the wife was six-sevenths that of her husband's age.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w - s = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(m-s)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply both sides by 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7(w-s) = 6(m-s)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7w - 7s = 6m - 6s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7w = 6m - 6s + 7s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7w = 6m + s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace w with (m-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7(m-4) = 6m + s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7m - 28 = 6m + s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7m - 6m = s + 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = s + 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace m with 5s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5s = s + 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5s - s = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4s = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 7 yrs is the son's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(7) = 35 yrs is Dad's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35-4 = 31 yrs is Mom's age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "confirm these solutions in the statement:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"When the son was born, the age of the wife was six-sevenths that of her husband's age.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "31 - 7 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(35 - 7)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >*28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 = 24;  </SPAN>\n" );
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