document.write( "Question 1137573: Today, Paul is 27 years younger than his mother. In 5 years, Paul's she will be 1/4 of his mother's age. How old is Paul's mother today?\r
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let x = paul's mother's age.
\n" ); document.write( "paul is 27 years younger than his mother today, so his age is x - 27.
\n" ); document.write( "in 5 years,he will be 1/4 of his mother's age.
\n" ); document.write( "formula for that is x - 27 + 5 = 1/4 * (x + 5)
\n" ); document.write( "simplify to get x - 22 = 1/4 * (x + 5)
\n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides of this equation by 4 to get 4 * (x - 22) = x + 5.
\n" ); document.write( "simplify to get 4x - 88 = x + 5
\n" ); document.write( "subtract x from both sides of this equation and add 88 to both sides of this equation to get 4x - x = 88 + 5
\n" ); document.write( "combine like terms to get 3x = 93.
\n" ); document.write( "solve for x to get x = 93/3 = 31.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "his mother is 31 years old today.
\n" ); document.write( "paul is 27 years younger, so paul is 31 - 27 = 4.
\n" ); document.write( "5 years from now, paul will be 9 and his mother will be 36.
\n" ); document.write( "9 is equal to 1/4 * 36 because 4 * 9 = 36.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "solution is that paul's mother is 31 years old today.\r
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