document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=836765>Question 836765</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mohan's mother is 20 years older than him. ten years ago,she was three times as old as mohan was then. find their present ages<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First, let: x be the present age of Mohan.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the statement: \"Mohan's mother is 20 years older than him.\" = (x + 20); therefore Mohan's mother's age will be: \"(x + 20)\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"ten years ago,she was three times as old as mohan was then...\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x + 20) - 10 = (3)(x - 10)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and x = 20. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mohan = 20 years old.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mother = 40 years old. </SPAN>\n" );
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