document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1119940>Question 1119940</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bhim is 15 years older than his wife,  35 years older than his son,  37 years older than his daughter.  bhim and his wife had been married for 5 years before the son was born. If their combined age added up to 167, how old was bhim's wife when they got married.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let b = bhim's age today.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let w = bhim's wife's age today.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let s = bhim's son's age today.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let d = bhim's daughter's age today.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the sum of their age today is 167.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b + w + s + d = 167.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = w + 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = s + 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = d + 37\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for w,s,d to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "w = b - 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = b - 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = b - 37\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the equation of b + w + s + d = 167 becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b + b - 15 + b - 35 + b = 37 = 167\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine like terms to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4b - 87 = 167\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 87 to both sides of this equation to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4b = 254\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for b to get b = 254 / 4 = 63.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "bhim is 63.5 today.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "bhim's wife is 63.5 - 15 = 48.5 today.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "bhim's son is 63.5 - 35 = 28.5 today.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "bhim's daughter is 63.5 - 37 = 26.5 today.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the sum of their ages is 63.5 + 48.5 + 28.5 + 26.5 = 167.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "bhim was married 5 years before his son was born.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "his son was born 28.5 years ago.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 5 to that to get bhim was married 33.5 years ago.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "33.5 years ago, bhim was 63.5 - 33.5 = 30.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "his wife was 48.5 - 33.5 = 15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that's your solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "bhim's wife was 15 when she married him.\r<BR>\n" );
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