document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=957734>Question 957734</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sophie is twice as old as her brother Simon and half as old as her father.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It will be another 22 years before Simon is half as old as their father.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How old is Sophie now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It will be another 22 years before Simon is half as old as their father.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How old is Sophie now?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=Simon's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=Sophie's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=father's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In 22 years:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+22=Simon's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+22=Father's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+22=2(x+22)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+22=2x+44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sophie's age now=22\r<BR>\n" );
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