document.write( "Question 885181: \"Eight is my lucky number. Eight years ago I was eight times the
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\"Eight is my lucky number. Eight years ago I was eight times the
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document.write( "Let mine and my son's current ages be M, and S, respectively
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document.write( "Then we can say that: M - 8 = 8(S - 8)_____M - 8 = 8S - 64
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document.write( "M - 8S = - 64 + 8____M - 8S = - 56 ------ eq (i)
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document.write( "Also, M + S = 52_______S = 52 - M ------- eq (ii)\r
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document.write( "M - 8S = - 56 ------ eq (i)
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document.write( "M - 8(52 - M) = - 56 ------- Substituting 52 - M for S in eq (i)
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document.write( "M - 416 + 8M = - 56
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document.write( "9M = - 56 + 416
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document.write( "9M = 360
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