document.write( "Question 1062746: When santy ad lorna were married, his age was 3/2 of her age. If on their golden wedding anniversary, Santy's age will be 8/7 of lorna's age, how old will each of them be on their golden anniversary. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "When santy ad lorna were married, his age was 3/2 of her age. If on their golden wedding anniversary,
\n" ); document.write( "Santy's age will be 8/7 of lorna's age, how old will each of them be on their golden anniversary.
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document.write( "S/L = 3/2,              (1)    (\"When santy ad lorna were married, his age was 3/2 of her age\")\r\n" );
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document.write( " =              (2)    (\"If on their golden wedding anniversary, Santy's age will be 8/7 of lorna's age\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite equations (1) and 2) equivalently\r\n" );
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document.write( "2S = 3L,               (1')\r\n" );
document.write( "7*(S+50) = 8*(L+50)    (2')\r\n" );
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document.write( "or\r\n" );
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document.write( "2S - 3L = 0,\r\n" );
document.write( "7S + 350 = 8L + 400,\r\n" );
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document.write( "or\r\n" );
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document.write( "2S - 3L =  0,          (1'')\r\n" );
document.write( "7S - 8L = 50.          (2'')\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now multiply (1'') by 7 and (2'') by 2 (both sides), then distract. You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "-7*(3L) - (-8L)*2 = -2*50,   or\r\n" );
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document.write( "-5L = -100  --->  5L = 100  --->  L =  = 20.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus Lorna' present age is 20 years. Then Santy is  = 30 years old.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer. In 50 years Santy will be 80 years old, Lorna will be 70 years old.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "              Wish them to happily celebrate their golden anniversary.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is a bunch of lessons on age word problems \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Age problems and their solutions\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - A fresh formulation of a traditional age problem\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Really intricate age word problem\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Selected age word problems from the archive\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Read them and become an expert in solving age problems.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic \"Age word problems\".\r
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