document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1050652>Question 1050652</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When a really smart kid was asked about his mother's age, he said: \"i am a fifth as old as my mother. In six years i will be one third as old\" <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How old iss the kid and his mother? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #666218 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=666218\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Son = 1/5Mother<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S+6 = 1/3(M+6) Substitute for Son<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/5M+6 = 1/3(M+6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/5M+6 = 1/3M+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/5M = 1/3M-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/5M-1/3M = -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/15M-5/15M = -4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2/15M = -4 Divide both sides by 2/15 and remember -/- = +<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M = -4/(-2/15) To divide by fraction invert and multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M = (4*15)/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M = 30 The mother is 30 years old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S = 1/5M = 1/5*30 = (1*30)/5 = 6 The son is 6 years old<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:In 6 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30+6 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6+6 = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/3 of 36: 1/3*36 = (1*36)/3 = 12 Correct<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John </SPAN>\n" );
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