document.write( "Question 1051809: An oriental rug is 52 years old and a persian rug is 16 years old. How many years ago was the oriental rug four times as old as persian rug \n" ); document.write( "

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An oriental rug is 52 years old and a Persian rug is 16 years old.
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\n" ); document.write( "let y = no. of years for this to be true
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\n" ); document.write( "A simple equation
\n" ); document.write( "52 - y = 4(16 - y)
\n" ); document.write( "52 - y = 64 - 4y
\n" ); document.write( "-y + 4y = 64 - 52
\n" ); document.write( "3y = 12
\n" ); document.write( "y = 12/3
\n" ); document.write( "y = 4 yrs ago
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\n" ); document.write( "You can check that for yourself in the given statement. \n" ); document.write( "

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