document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=824065>Question 824065</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> when the son was 8 years old the father was 31 years old. Now the father is 2 times older than the son. How old is the son, and how old is the father </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "father 31<BR>\n" );
document.write( "son 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now <BR>\n" );
document.write( "father 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "son x\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "____________<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "31-8=2x-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "23=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ">>> The son is 23, and the father is 2x=2*23=46. </SPAN>\n" );
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