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\n" ); document.write( "Mrs Thompson has a son and daughter. She is twice as old as her son and her son is twice as old as her daughter. The total of their ages is 91 years. How old is her son?
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Let son's age be S
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document.write( "Then mother's is 2S, and daughter's is 
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document.write( "We then get: 
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document.write( "6S + S = 182 ------ Multiplying by LCD, 2  
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document.write( "7S = 182
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document.write( "S, or son is:  \n" );
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