document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=974617>Question 974617</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man is four times as ols as his son.in five years he will be three times as old. Find their present ages </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "4x = man's age now\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 5 = son's age in 5 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 5 = man's age in 5 years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x + 5 = 3(x + 5) {in 5 years, the man will be 3 times the son}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 5 = 3x + 15 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 5 = 15 {subtracted 3x from each side}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10 {subtracted 5 from each side}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 40 {substituted 5, in for x, into 4x}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "son is 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "man is 40<BR>\n" );
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