document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=758163>Question 758163</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> C's mother was four times as old as C ten years ago after ten years she will be 5 / 2 as old as C is now. how old C is? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "10 yrs ago:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=C's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=mother's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10=C's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+10=mother's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 yrs from now:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/2(x+10)=4x+10+10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+50=8x+20+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10=10/3+30/3=40/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C's age now=40/3 </SPAN>\n" );
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