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document.write( "My father is 47 years old today and my mother is 38. When they were married, my father was exactly half as old again as my mother. How long ago was their wedding? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " When they were married, my father was exactly half as old again as my mother. <BR>\n" );
document.write( " How long ago was their wedding?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let t = no. of years from their wedding<BR>\n" );
document.write( "47 - t = 1.5(38-t)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "47 - t = 57 - 1.5t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-t + 1.5t = 57 - 47<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".5t = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 20 yrs since the wedding<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "father was 27, mother was 18, when married<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5 * 18 = 27<BR>\n" );
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