document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1152797>Question 1152797</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a boy is 3 times younger than his uncle.if the sum of their age is 64.how old is the boy and the uncle </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #774883 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52803)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=774883\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hey, I understand that you translate from your native language, which is not English.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "English is VERY SPECIAL language, and has many features that other languages do not have.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And in opposite, it HAS NO some forms, that other languages have.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For example, this combination of words \"a boy is 3 times younger than his uncle\" HAS NO SENSE in English.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Instead of it, English-speaking people say \"the uncle is three times as old as the boy\" (!)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then it makes sense (!) (!)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, based on it, the answer to your problem is 16 years for the boy and 3*16 = 48 years for the uncle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How to get it ?  --- Very easy . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the age of the boy;  then the age of the uncle is 3x, and\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 3x = 64\r\n" );
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document.write( "    4x     = 64\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x     = 64/4 = 16\r\n" );
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document.write( "and  3x = 48.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Learn English !\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Learn it from all possible sources --- from my post, for example (!)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Happy learning (!)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From which language do you translate ?\r<BR>\n" );
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