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document.write( "Now:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x=daughter's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let y=woman's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+3x=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 yrs ago:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-5=daughter's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-5=woman's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "woman nine times as old as her daughter<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-5=9(x-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+3x=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-5=9(x-5)=9x-45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+3x=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-9x=-40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=80-3x=50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "daughter's age=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "woman's age=50<BR>\n" );
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