document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=612359>Question 612359</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the age of ram's mother is 4 times the age of ram .five years ago,the sum of their ages was 30 years.find their present ages.   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ram's mother's age = M\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The age of ram's mother is 4 times the age of ram:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M = 4R<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Five years ago,the sum of their ages was 30 years:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M - 5 + R - 5 = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4R - 5 + R - 5 = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5R - 10 = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5R = 30 + 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5R = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = 40/5 = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M = 4R = 4*8= 32\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, at the present, Ram is 8 years old and Ram's mother is 32 years old<BR>\n" );
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