document.write( "Question 907506: The age of a father and son adds up to 37 and the mother's age is 5 times that of the son's .If mom's age is 7 years less than that of the father's, what is the mother age?
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\n" ); document.write( "The age of a father and son adds up to 37 and the mother's age is 5 times that of the son's .If mom's age is 7 years less than that of the father's, what is the mother age?
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document.write( "Let mother’s age be M
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document.write( "Then son’s is: , or 
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document.write( "Father’s is: M + 7
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document.write( "We then have: 
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document.write( "5M + 35 + M = 185 ------- Multiplying by LCD, 5
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document.write( "5M + M = 185 – 35
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document.write( "6M = 150
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document.write( "M, or mother’s age = , or  \n" );
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