document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=900952>Question 900952</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A person says that his son is 5 times as old as his daughter and his wife is 5 times older than his son and he is twice the age of his wife . The sum total of all the ages equals the age of the grand mother who celebrated her 81st birthday today.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How old was his son?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #546327 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tana><B>tana(1)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tana><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=tana><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=546327\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Taking the daughter's age to be x, we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the son's age to be 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the wife's age to be 25x and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the his age to be 50x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So according to question,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    x + 5x + 25x + 50x = 81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or, 81x = 81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or, x = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus, the age of the son is 5 years old. </SPAN>\n" );
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