document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1132202>Question 1132202</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Four members of one family have a combined age of 135 years.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jeff is twice as old as his daughter Ann, while Trudy is 5 years younger than her husband, Jeff.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Harry is a third of his mother Trudy's age.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How old are each of the four members of this family? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "j + a + t + h = 135 <BR>\n" );
document.write( " Jeff is twice as old as his daughter Ann,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = 2a<BR>\n" );
document.write( " while Trudy is 5 years younger than her husband, Jeff.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = t + 5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( " Harry is a third of his mother Trudy's age.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the 2nd equation replace j with (t+5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t + 5 = 2a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28t%2B5%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28t%2B5%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the first equation replace in j + a + t + h = 135<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = (t+5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28t%2B5%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28t%2B5%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(t+5) + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28t%2B5%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28t%2B5%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + t + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >t = 135 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 6 cancel the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6(t+5) + 3(t+5) + 6t + 2t = 6(135)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6t + 30 + 3t + 15 + 6t + 2t = 810<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17t + 45 = 810<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17t = 810 - 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17t = 765<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 45 yrs is Trudy's age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " How old are each of the four members of this family? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = 45 + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j = 50 yrs is Jeff's age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = 50/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 25 is Ann's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(45)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 15 yrs is Harry's age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check 50 + 45 + 25 + 15 = 135 </SPAN>\n" );
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