document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1148442>Question 1148442</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a man is older than his wife by 3 years. 5 years ago the ratio of their age is 4:3, find the percentage of their age </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know what you mean by \"percentage of their ages\", so I will ignore that....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference in their ages is 3 years.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "When the ratio of their ages was 4:3, their ages had to be 12 and 9.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(When the ratio of their ages was 4:3, their ages were 4x and 3x; the difference is x.  But we know the difference is 3; so their ages were 4x=12 and 3x=9.)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It was 5 years ago that the ratio of their ages was 4:3; that means their ages now are 12+5=17 and 9+5=14.<br><BR>\n" );
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