document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=957873>Question 957873</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a man's age now is three times his son's age, after 2 years the sum of their ages will be 52, what is the age of each one now </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "f = 3s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f+2 + s+2 = 52<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"f\" and solve for \"s\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s+2+s+3 = 52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4s = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 12 (son's age now)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f = 3s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 36 (father's age now)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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