document.write( "Question 1021551: In a film an actor plays an \"uncle\", he was being criticized for marrying a woman when he is three times her age. He then replied ah but in 20 years time I will only be twice her age. How old is the \"uncle\" and the woman?
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document.write( "m = 3w    (man's age is three times of that of the woman).\r\n" );
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document.write( "In 20 years after:\r\n" );
document.write( "m + 20 = 2(w+20).\r\n" );
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document.write( "So you have the system of two equations in two unknowns:\r\n" );
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document.write( "m = 3w,              (1)\r\n" );
document.write( "m + 20 = 2(w+20).    (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute m = 3w from (1) to (2). You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "3w + 20 = 2(w+20),   or  3w + 20 = 2w + 40,   or  w = 40-20 = 20.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer. Woman is 20 years now. The actor is 60 years now.\r\n" );
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