document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=814596>Question 814596</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mr.reyes is 20 years older than his son. how old are the father and the son if mr.reyes is 6 times as old as his son?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r = s+20<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " how old are the father and the son if mr.reyes is 6 times as old as his son?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 6s<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Replace f in the 1st equation with 6s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6s = s + 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6s - s = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5s = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 20/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 4 yrs is the son<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then, obviously:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 24 yrs is Reyes age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if that works in the 2nd statement<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 = 6(4)<BR>\n" );
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