document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1030468>Question 1030468</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this question: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "clatheria is 40 years elder than clare. 5 years ago clatheria was 3 times as old as clare. what is their age now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Then we write<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = y + 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Five years ago<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 5 = 3(y - 5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now substitute and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+40 - 5 = 3(y - 5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y + 35 = 3y - 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 15 and subtract y and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y + 50 = 3y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y = 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 25 (Clare) and then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = y + 40 = 65 (Clatheira) </SPAN>\n" );
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