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( "
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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..
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\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 = \"1%2F5\" man’s age, or \"%281%2F5%29%28W+%2B+4%29\", or \"%28W+%2B+4%29%2F5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W+-+S+=+%286%2F7%29%28W+%2B+4+-+S%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W+-+%28W+%2B+4%29%2F5+=+%286%2F7%29+%2A+W+%2B+4+-+%28%28W+%2B+4%29%29%2F5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"W+-+%28W+%2B+4%29%2F5+=+%286%2F7%29+%28%285W+%2B+20+-+W+-+4%29%2F5%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "35W – 7(W + 4) = 6(5W + 20 – W – 4) -------- Multiplying by LCD, 35\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "35W – 7W – 28 = 30W + 120 – 6W – 24\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "28W – 24W = 96 + 28\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4W = 124\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "W, or wife’s age = \"124%2F4\", or \"highlight_green%2831%29\"\r
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