document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=830566>Question 830566</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ms. Enigma said: \"One third of my age plus four fifths my age is the same as my age in six years.\" How old is Ms. Enigma now?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So what I did was I let x equal Ms. Enigma's age now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is what I've done so far, but I didn't get the right answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[ x/3 + 4/5 ] = x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[ 5x+15 + 12/15 ] = x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5x+12)/15 = x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I then solved it as a proportion:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x+90 = 5x+12 From here, I realized that I've obviously done something wrong; no one can have a negative age,yes? And I ended up with this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = -78 And it's obviously wrong.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So please help :) Thank You! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "So what I did was I let x equal Ms. Enigma's age now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is what I've done so far, but I didn't get the right answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[ x/3 + 4/5 ] = x+6   ***** should be [ x/3 + 4x/5 ] = x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You left out the x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[ 5x+15 + 12/15 ] = x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5x+12)/15 = x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I then solved it as a proportion:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x+90 = 5x+12 From here, I realized that I've obviously done something wrong; no one can have a negative age,yes? And I ended up with this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = -78 And it's obviously wrong. </SPAN>\n" );
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