document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=699100>Question 699100</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jones is now twice as old as he was 5 years ago and his mother is now four times as old as jones.How old is his mother </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "j = 2(j-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = 2j - 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 = 2j - j<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = 10 yrs old now<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " mother is now four times as old as jones<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 4j<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 4(10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 40 yrs is Mom's age\r<BR>\n" );
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