document.write( "Question 575864: Hi! I am trying to solve this age word problem and I am having trouble setting it up. Can someone please help?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "George and Harry's ages together equal 180 years today. 30 years ago, George is 3 times older than Harry. What are their ages?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let George's age now be and let Harry's age now be .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Go tell your teacher/instructor/professor that they should give a care toward the real-world reasonability of the answer to the problem. At the very least, s/he could have given George a woman's name so it would have at least been possible (The oldest verified man was < 116, the oldest verified woman was > 122)\r
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