document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1124566>Question 1124566</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The average age of three girls is seventeen years four months. The average age of two of them is seventeen years three months. How old is the third girl? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #740865 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=740865\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> total=average*n, by rewriting the definition of an average<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total=17 (1/3), for 4 months is 1/3 of a year *3=52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "two have a total of 17 (1/4)*2=34 (1/2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The third girl is 52-34 (1/2)=17 (1/2) or 17 years 6 months </SPAN>\n" );
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