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document.write( "A girl went to school & the teacher asked how old are you? She replied I don't know, bt I know that I'm half my mother's age. The teacher asked ok how old is your mother? She said I don't know but I know that my Dad is 5 yrs older than my mother. Teacher, how old is yor dad? She said I don't know but I know that if we add our ages the answer is 100 yrs... Nw how old is the girl, her mum & her dad? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #535384 by lwsshak3(11628)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A girl went to school & the teacher asked how old are you? She replied I don't know, bt I know that I'm half my mother's age. The teacher asked ok how old is your mother? She said I don't know but I know that my Dad is 5 yrs older than my mother. Teacher, how old is yor dad? She said I don't know but I know that if we add our ages the answer is 100 yrs... Nw how old is the girl, her mum & her dad? \n" ); document.write( "*** \n" ); document.write( "let x=mum's age \n" ); document.write( "x/2=girl's age \n" ); document.write( "x+5=dad's age \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "x+x/2+x+5=100 \n" ); document.write( "lcd:2 \n" ); document.write( "2x+x+2x+10=200 \n" ); document.write( "5x=190 \n" ); document.write( "x=38 \n" ); document.write( "x/2=19 \n" ); document.write( "x+5=43 \n" ); document.write( "mum's age=38 \n" ); document.write( "girl's age=19 \n" ); document.write( "dad's age=43 \n" ); document.write( " |