document.write( "Question 591626: \"how old are you nelson?\"asked the young child \"well my present age is 6 times what it will be in 8 years time, less 6 times what it was 5 years ago,\"said nelson .how old is he? \n" ); document.write( "

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my present age is 6 times what it will be in 8 years time, less 6 times what it was 5 years ago,
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\n" ); document.write( "Let n = his present age
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\n" ); document.write( "n = 6(n+8) - 6(n-5)
\n" ); document.write( "n = 6n + 48 - 6n + 30
\n" ); document.write( "n = 78 is his present age \n" ); document.write( "

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