document.write( "Question 1019531: The father's age 20 years ago is equal to his son's age 10 from now. If the sum of their ages is 50, how old is each now? \n" ); document.write( "
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F-20=S+10\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "F+S=50\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Rearrange first equation\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "F=S+30\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now substitute -\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(S+30)+S=50\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "S=10\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "F=40
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