document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=88942>Question 88942</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ruffy is 3/4 as old as Orlie.Four years ago,Ruffy was 1year more than 1/2 old as Orlie.How old is each </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "LET ORLIE BE O YEARS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RUFFY IS R YEARS = 3*O/4 YEAR<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 YERS AGO ORLIE WAS = O-4 YEARS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 YEARS AGO RUFFIE WAS =3*O/4 -4=(3*O-16)/4 YEARS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HALF AS OLD AS ORLIE = (O-4)2 YEARS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MORE BY 1 YEAR = (O-4)/2 +1=(O-2)/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "HENCE<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(O-2)/2 = (3*O-16)/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*O-4*2=2*3*O-2*16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32-8=6*O-4*O<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*O=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "O=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=3*12/4=9 YEARS </SPAN>\n" );
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