document.write( "Question 1114832: A father's age is the sum of the ages of his three sons. If the ratio of the ages of the sons is 1:2:3 and eight years later the differene between ages of the father and the youngest sun is 35 year, what is the current age of the eldest son?
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y, father's current age\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B2x%2B3x=y\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"6x=y\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Eight years later or now, same difference of age between youngest son and father. Same 35 year difference.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y-x=35\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can solve the system, \"system%286x=y%2Cy-x=35%29\".\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Eldest son is \"3x\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"6x-x=35\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5x=35\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=7%29\"-------youngest son
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\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%2821%29\"--------oldest son
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