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\n" ); document.write( "a woman's age is three times more than twice her sons age, the sum of their ages is 84. how old is the son?
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Let son's age be S
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document.write( "\"three times more than twice her sons age\" results in: 3S + 2S, which means that her age is: 3S + 2S, or 5S
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document.write( "We now get: 
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document.write( "S + 5S = 84
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document.write( "6S = 84
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document.write( "S, or son's current age = , or  \n" );
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