document.write( "Question 894157: A man was 26 years old when his son was born. Now, he is three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
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A man was 26 years old when his son was born.
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document.write( "Let his son's age now = s.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then, the man's age now is his son's age now plus 26 years.  So\r\n" );
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document.write( "The man's age now = s+26\r\n" );
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document.write( "So\r\n" );
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document.write( "His age now = 3 times his son's age now, so\r\n" );
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document.write( "       s+26 = 3s\r\n" );
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document.write( "         26 = 2s\r\n" );
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document.write( "         13 = s\r\n" );
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document.write( "He's 13.  [And the man is 3 times as old or 39]\r\n" );
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