document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012731>Question 1012731</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 4 members of a family 10 years ago, the average age was 24 years old | 2 Children born after the family still has the same average age | Assuming that the child is under the age of 2 years, the difference | The current age of the children, find? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "| 2 Children born after the family still has the same average age <BR>\n" );
document.write( "| Assuming that the child is under the age of 2 years, the difference<BR>\n" );
document.write( "| The current age of the children, find?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The present ages of the four original members of the family, a,b,c,d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The two children born later; e & f<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let f < 2 yrs, as it says<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 1 yr old<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Av 10 yrs ago<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply both sides by 4, simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b + c + d - 40 = 96<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b + c + d = 96 + 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b + c + d = 136, their total age now<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore we can write the equation including the two late born children<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply both sides by 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "136 + e + f = 144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e + f = 144 - 136<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e + f = 8 yrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we know that f is 1 yr old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e + 1 = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e = 7 yrs old<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the difference: 6 yrs in the last two children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "| The current age of the children, ages 7 and 1\r<BR>\n" );
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