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\n" ); document.write( "A woman's age is five times her sons age. if the sum of their ages is 42. form an equation and find their ages
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Let son's current age be S
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document.write( "Then mother's current age = 5S
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document.write( "We then get: 
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document.write( "Solve for S to determine son's current age, then substitute the value for S into 5S to determine mother's
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document.write( "current age. You should be able to do this, I'd hope.
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