document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=587199>Question 587199</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a father is now 5 times as old as his son, how many years ago was the son 2 years old and the father 34 years old?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "father   5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "son      x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "father   34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "son      2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "34-2=5x-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32=4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=32/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ">>> The father is 5x=5*8=40, and the son is 8. > (f)now-(f)before=40-34=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The father was 34 and the son was 2, 6 years ago.  </SPAN>\n" );
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