document.write( "Question 1114750: when i was 3 years old, my father was 30. now my age is 2/5 of my father's age. how old am i now? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The difference between your age and your father's age is  30-3 = 27 years, and\r\n" );
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document.write( "it means that your father is always 27 years older than you.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be your age. Then your father's age is (x+27).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the condition says \r\n" );
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document.write( "x = ,    or\r\n" );
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document.write( "5x = 2*(x+27),\r\n" );
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document.write( "5x = 2x + 2*27,\r\n" );
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document.write( "5x - 2x = 54  ====>  3x = 54  ====>  x =  = 18.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  You are 18 years old now.\r\n" );
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\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
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