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The present ages of Ali and Mike are in the ratio 5: 3. If Ali had been 7 years older
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Let multiplicative factor be x
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document.write( "Then Ali’s and Mike’s ages are 5x and 3x, respectively
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document.write( "We then get: 5x + 7 = 3(3x – 7) 
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document.write( "5x + 7 = 9x – 21
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document.write( "5x – 9x = - 21 – 7
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document.write( "– 4x = - 28
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document.write( "x, or multiplicative factor = 
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