document.write( "Question 517559: Please answer this..ASAP.Thanks..a man is four years older than his wife and 5 times as old as his son.when the so was born,the age of the wife is six-seventh that of her husband's age. Find the age of the wife.. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #344846 by MathTherapy(10552)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Age_Word_Problems/517559: Please answer this..ASAP.Thanks..a man is four years older than his wife and 5 times as old as his son.when the so was born,the age of the wife is six-seventh that of her husband's age. Find the age of the wife.. \n" ); document.write( "1 solutions\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let wife’s age be W \n" ); document.write( "Then man’s age = W + 4 \n" ); document.write( "S, or son’s age = \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "35W – 7(W + 4) = 6(5W + 20 – W – 4) -------- Multiplying by LCD, 35\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "35W – 7W – 28 = 30W + 120 – 6W – 24\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "28W – 24W = 96 + 28\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4W = 124\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "W, or wife’s age = \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Send comments and “thank-yous” to “D” at MathMadEzy@aol.com \n" ); document.write( " |