document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=624367>Question 624367</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this question and please give me the working out<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If Tom was ten years younger he would be exactly one-fourth the age of Mark. If Tom was ten years older he would be exactly one-half the present age of Mark. How old is Tom? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If Tom was ten years younger he would be exactly one-fourth the age of Mark. If Tom was ten years older he would be exactly one-half the present age of Mark. How old is Tom?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let t=tom's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let m=mark's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t-10=m/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t+10=m/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-20=m/4-m/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-20=-m/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t-10=m/4=80/4=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tom's age=30 </SPAN>\n" );
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