document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=609867>Question 609867</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> henry is k years old. His father is 4 times as old as he is. His mother is 3 years younger than his father. How old was his mother when henry was born?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " His father is 4 times as old as he is.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 4k\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " His mother is 3 years younger than his father.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 4k - 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How old was his mother when henry was born?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = (4k-3) - k<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 3k - 3 yrs when Henry was born </SPAN>\n" );
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