document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=909367>Question 909367</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need your help thank you!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Modern Algebra Problems:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The Matriarch.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"You ash how old I am, doctor? Well, I'll tell you! I was a girl for the first sixth of my life; then I studied at the University for the next twelfth. Upon graduation, I met the man who married me three years later; and we devoted the next third of my life to raising our children. How quickly they grew, and how soon they left! After one-fourth more of my life had passed me by, our first great-grandchild was born. I doted on my descendants for the next eighth of my life. Last year my beloved husband died; soon I will join him. Looking back, I regret nothing. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #551832 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=551832\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Well, I'll tell you!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let my age be x years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " I was a girl for the first sixth of my life; x/6...................16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " then I studied at the University for the next twelfth. x/12...............8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Upon graduation, I met the man who married me three years later;3 years...3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " and we devoted the next third of my life to raising our children. x/3.....32\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " After one-fourth more of my life had passed me by, x/4................24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I doted on my descendants for the next eighth of my life. x/8...........12 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Last year my beloved husband died; +1...................................1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/6 + x/12 + x/3 + x/4 +x/8 + 4 =x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(8x+4x+16x+12x+6x)/48 +4=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-46/48 x =4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x/48 =4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=192<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=96\r<BR>\n" );
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