document.write( "Question 773496: A man is 24 years older than his son. In 2 years he will be twice the age of his son. Find the preset age of the son. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let son's age be x\r\n" );
document.write( "Then man's age is x+24\r\n" );
document.write( "In 2 years, son's age would be x+2 and man's age would be (x+24)+2 = x+26\r\n" );
document.write( "From the second statement\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplifying\r\n" );
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document.write( "So son's age is  and man's age is \r\n" );
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