document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=570812>Question 570812</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if the present age of a husband and wife are in the ratio of 5:4, what would the ratio of their ages after 20 years.?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. 11:8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. 9:7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. 15:13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4. 19:15 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #367781 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=367781\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The ratio of their ages should decrease with time, but you could not calculate the answer ratio without more information.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Depending on what class you are in, you would justify that the ratio decreases in a different way, but for a multiple choice problem, you would not need to prove it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratios shown, calculated by dividing (rounding if needed) are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=1.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=1.375<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=1.286 (rounded)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15%2F13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15%2F13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=1.154 (rounded)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=19%2F15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"19%2F15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=1.267 (rounded)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The only answer choice that is less than <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F4=1.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F4=1.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is 15:13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you are curious (and want to know if it makes sense), making the current age of the wife <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the current age of the husband would be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.25x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.25x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, so after 20 year the ratio would be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281.25x%2B20%29%2F%28x%2B20%29=15%2F13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281.25x%2B20%29%2F%28x%2B20%29=15%2F13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=13%281.25x%2B20%29=15x%2B20%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"13%281.25x%2B20%29=15x%2B20%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16.25x%2B260=15x%2B300 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16.25x%2B260=15x%2B300\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.25x=40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.25x=40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=32 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=32\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That would make the wife 32 years old and the husband <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.25%2A35=40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.25%2A35=40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > at the time. It is likely that they would both be alive 20 years later and would be 52 and 60, and the ratio of their ages then would be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60%2F52=15%2F13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60%2F52=15%2F13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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