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document.write( "Let me reformulate the problem in an equivalent form:\r\n" );
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document.write( "  The ratio of ages of father to child is .\r\n" );
document.write( "  The ratio of ages of mother to child is .\r\n" );
document.write( "  What is the ratio of ages of father to mother?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now you easily find the answer: this ratio is  = . \r\n" );
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document.write( "(Although usually the father is older then the mother, but not nessesary).

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