document.write( "Question 587199: If a father is now 5 times as old as his son, how many years ago was the son 2 years old and the father 34 years old?\r
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Start when Son was 2 and Father was 34
\n" ); document.write( "Add the same number of years, \"x\", to each one's age
\n" ); document.write( "Let that be when Father is 5 times Son's age, and find \"x\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+34+%2B+x+=+5%2A%28+2+%2B+x+%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+34+%2B+x+=+10+%2B+5x+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+4x+=+24+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+x+=+6+\"
\n" ); document.write( "6 years ago the Son was 2 and the Father was 34
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\n" ); document.write( "The Son is now \"+2+%2B+6+=+8+\"
\n" ); document.write( "The Father is now \"+34+%2B+6+=+40+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+40+=+5%2A8+\"
\n" ); document.write( "That is correct
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