document.write( "Question 1153882: Ben is six years younger than his sister. After 10 years the sum of their ages will be 50. What are their present ages? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let sister's age be x; then Ben's age is (x-6).\r\n" );
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document.write( "In 10 years, their ages are (x+10)  and  ((x-6)+10).\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the equation for the total age in 10 years is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (x+10) + ((x-6)+10) = 50.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x + 14 = 50\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x      = 50 - 14 = 36.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x                = 36/2 = 18.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The sister is 18 years old.  Ben is 18-6 = 12 years old.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is a bunch of lessons on age word problems \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Age problems and their solutions\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Selected age word problems from the archive\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Read them and become an expert in solving age problems.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic \"Age word problems\".\r
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