document.write( "Question 1050652: 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\"
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let son's age be S
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document.write( "Then mother's is: 5S
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document.write( "We then get: 5S + 6 = 3(S + 6)
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document.write( "Solve to get: 
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