document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=899750>Question 899750</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a woman is currently 21 years older than her daughter. Eleven years before the current time. the daughter was two-thirds as old as her mother. what is the current age of the mother? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let daughter's age be x now\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mother's age now = (x+21) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "11 years ago\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "daughter's age = (x-11)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mother's age = (x+21)-11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-11)= (2/3)(x+10)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(x-11)=2(x+10)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-33=2x+20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-2x=20+33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=53 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Daughter's age now = 53 years </SPAN>\n" );
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