document.write( "Question 637479: Jack is married to Jill. their son, junior, asked each of them to reveal their ages. Juniors parents decided to tell him but in the form of a puzzle. Jack told Junior, \"If you reverse the digits in my age, you'll get your mothers age.\"
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Jack is married to Jill. Their son, junior, asked each of them to reveal their ages. Junior's parents decided to tell him but in the form of a puzzle. Jack told Junior, \"If you reverse the digits in my age, you'll get your mother's age.\"
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document.write( "Let a = the tens digit of Jack's age\r\n" );
document.write( "Let b = the ones digit of Jack's age\r\n" );
document.write( "Then Jack's age = 10a+b\r\n" );
document.write( "Jill's age = 10b+a \r\n" );
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document.write( "(10b+a) + (10a+b) = 11[(10a+b)-(10b+a)]\r\n" );
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document.write( "10b + a + 10a + b = 11[10a+b-10b-a]\r\n" );
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document.write( "        11b + 11a = 11(9a-9b)\r\n" );
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document.write( "        11b + 11a = 99a - 99b\r\n" );
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document.write( "             110b = 88a\r\n" );
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document.write( "               5b = 4a\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by a\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "The only possibility for a and b both being digits is\r\n" );
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document.write( "a = 5 and b = 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "So Jack is 54 and Jill is 45.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Checking: The sum of their ages is 99 and the\r\n" );
document.write( "difference of their ages is 9, and 99 is 11 times 9.\r\n" );
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