document.write( "Question 974857: INA FILM ACTOR CHARLES COBURN PLAYS AN ELDERLY UNCLE CHARACTER CRITIZIED FOR MARRYING A WOMEN WHEN HE IS 3 TIMES HER AGE. HE WRITTENLY REPLIES AH BUT IN 20 YEARS I SHALL ONLY BE TWICE HER AGE. HOW OLD IS THE UNCLE AND THE WOMEN? SET UP A LINEAR EQUATION TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "U = Uncle's age
\n" ); document.write( "W = Wife's age
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\n" ); document.write( "Now:
\n" ); document.write( "U = 3W
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\n" ); document.write( "In 20 years:
\n" ); document.write( "U + 20 = 2(W + 20)
\n" ); document.write( "Sub for U
\n" ); document.write( "3W + 20 = 2W + 40
\n" ); document.write( "W = 20 (wife's age now)
\n" ); document.write( "U = 60 (uncle's age now)
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