document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=976272>Question 976272</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You find challenging<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Please answer in 24 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total Marks 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A grandfather<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A father<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A grandson<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total is 140 Years old triplets.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The grandson of months<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Grandfather many years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Grandson all day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Father as many weeks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Who is to tell how many how many years? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #597912 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=597912\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I found the clumsy English translation challenging, so I \"googled\" the phrase<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"son father and grandfather add up to 140 years\" and found an understandableversion of the question, which had been previously asked in algebra.com:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Question 702668:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One grandfather<BR>\n" );
document.write( "One father <BR>\n" );
document.write( "One grandson<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 3 together are 140 years old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The grandfather's age is equal to the number of months of the grandson<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The father's age in weeks is equivalent to the grandsons age in days <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tell me what are the individual ages of the 3?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "MY SOLUTION (which agrees with the two solutions to Question 702668):<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%7D%7D+age+of+the+grandson+%28in+years%29%0D%0ASince+%22the+grandfather%27s+age+is+equal+to+the+number+of+months+of+the+grandson%22%2C%0D%0A%7B%7B%7B12x ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= age of the grandfather (in years).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since \"fhe father's age in weeks is equivalent to the grandsons age in days\",<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= age of the father.Then,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B12x%2B7x=140 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B12x%2B7x=140\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= sum of their ages (in years).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we solve:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B12x%2B7x=140 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B12x%2B7x=140\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20x=140 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20x=140\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=140%2F20=highlight%287%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=140%2F20=highlight%287%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7x=7%2A7=highlight%2849%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7x=7%2A7=highlight%2849%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12x=12%2A7=highlight%2884%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12x=12%2A7=highlight%2884%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOTES: Question 702668 was posted around 1/16/2013. My search showed there were other similar postings in other websites. </SPAN>\n" );
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