document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=516948>Question 516948</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When Dante and Cora were married, Cora was four years younger than Dante. How old was Dante on his wedding day if twelve years before his wedding he was twelve years older than one-fifth Cora's age was then? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #344555 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=344555\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> when they married  Dante = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cora = x-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dante 12 years before wedding = x-12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "coras age 12 years before wedding = x-4-12=>x-16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-12 = 1/5(x-16)+12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply equation by 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5(x-12)=(x-16)+60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-60=x-16+60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-x=60+60-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=104<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=104/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=26 years <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dante on his wedding day = 26 years\r<BR>\n" );
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