document.write( "Question 514845: Hello. ...Pete's moms age is 8 years less than 4 times Pete's age the sum of there ages are 65 what are there ages? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Present age of Mom =m
\n" ); document.write( "Present age of Pete =p
\n" ); document.write( "The sum of there ages is 65
\n" ); document.write( "m+p=65
\n" ); document.write( "m=65-p........(1)
\n" ); document.write( "Pete's moms age is 8 years less than 4 times Pete's age
\n" ); document.write( "m=4p-8........(2)
\n" ); document.write( "Put the value of m from (1) to (2)
\n" ); document.write( "65-p=4p-8
\n" ); document.write( "-p-4p=-8-65
\n" ); document.write( "-5p=-73
\n" ); document.write( "-5p/-5=-73/-5
\n" ); document.write( "p=14.6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Put the value of p in (1)
\n" ); document.write( "m=65-p........(1)
\n" ); document.write( "m=65-14.6
\n" ); document.write( "m=50.4\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Present age of Mom =m = 50.4 years old or 50 years 4 months 24 days approximately
\n" ); document.write( "Present age of Pete =p = 14.6 years old or 14 years 7 months 6 days approximately\r
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