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\n" ); document.write( "Your age of 15 is 2/5 your father's age. How old is your father?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The literal math translation is\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282%2F5%29%2Ax\"$ = 15.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then x = $\"%285%2A15%29%2F2\"$ = 37.5.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In age problems all the data including the answer MUST be integer numbers.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If they are not integer, it is VERY BAD STYLE.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Low mark to the person who invented this problem.\r
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