document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=653056>Question 653056</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A movie star, unwilling to give his age, posed the following riddle to a gossip columnist: \"8 years ago, I was 15 times as old as my daughter. Now I am 7 times as old as she is.\" How old is the movie star? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x= age of daughter now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=age of movie star now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 years ago:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-8=age of daughter <BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-8=age of movie star<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-8=15(x-8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-8=15x-120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=112<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=112/8=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=98 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "age of movie star now=98 </SPAN>\n" );
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