document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1132276>Question 1132276</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Charles and Jamal are joking about their age and they figure out their combined<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ages is Grandma's age . If Charles is one and a half times Jamal's age and<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "is a hundred years old what are Charles and Jamal's age </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "40 and 60 years.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Let x be the Jamal age, then Charles' age is 1.5x years.  The total of their ages is x + 1.5x = 2.5x, and it is equal to 100;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    hence,  x = 100/2.5 = 40.\r\n" );
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