document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=950415>Question 950415</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mary is 12 years  and her father is 42 years old\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how old will her  father be we he is 4 times as old as mary<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how old was her father when he was 4 times as old as mary?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f = m + 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "42+x = 4(12+x)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "42+x = 48+4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When father was 40, mary was 10.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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