document.write( "Question 911841: The sum of my father and mother's age is 72. My father will be 6 years older than my mother in five years' time. How old are they now? \n" ); document.write( "

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The sum of my father and mother's age is 72.
\n" ); document.write( "f + m = 72
\n" ); document.write( " My father will be 6 years older than my mother in five years' time.
\n" ); document.write( "Your father is 6 yrs older than you mother now, before and in 5 yrs time, in short, forever!
\n" ); document.write( "f = m + 6
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\n" ); document.write( "How old are they now?
\n" ); document.write( "Back to f + m = 72
\n" ); document.write( "Replace f with (m+6)
\n" ); document.write( "m + 6 + m = 72
\n" ); document.write( "2m = 72 - 6
\n" ); document.write( "2m = 66
\n" ); document.write( "m = 66/2
\n" ); document.write( "m = 33 yrs is your mother's
\n" ); document.write( "You can find your father's age
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