document.write( "Question 1098951: Please help me for this question
\n" ); document.write( "Nathan is one quarter of his mother's age and 3 years younger than his sister. If his sister is one third of their mother's age , how old is Nathan ? ------
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document.write( "Shortly speaking, the problem says that one third of the mother's age minus one fourth of the mother's age is 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Or, in the symbolic form,\r\n" );
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document.write( " = 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To solve it, multiply both sides by 12. You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "4M - 3M = 3*12,   or  M = 36.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  Mother is 36 years old. Nathan is 9 years old. His sister is 12 years old.\r\n" );
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