document.write( "Question 584152: express the following statement as a linear equation in two variables BY TAKING PRESENT AGES(IN YEARS)OF FATHEr AND SON AS X AND Y.RESPECTIVELY.AGE OF FATHER 5 YEARS AGO WAS TWO YEARS MORE THAN 7 TIMES THE AGE OF HIS SON AT THAT TIME. \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"x\"$ = Father's age now
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y\"$ = Son's age now
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x-5\"$ = Father's age 5 yrs ago
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+-+5+=+7y+-+35+%2B+2+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+-+5+=+7y+-+33+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+7y+=+x+-+5+%2B+33+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+7y+=+x+%2B+28+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+y+=+%281%2F7%29%2Ax+%2B+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Something is wrong with my
\n" ); document.write( "answer or the problem.
\n" ); document.write( "According to this equation,
\n" ); document.write( "when the Son is 5, the father is 7.
\n" ); document.write( "I don't see what I did wrong, though. \n" ); document.write( "

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