document.write( "Question 1157470: I am trying to figure out how old my great grandma,my grandma,and my mom are.mom gave me some clues.She said ,I am four times older than you ,Samantha,Grandma,my mom is 24 years older than me.My mother,your grandma is forty years younger than her mom,your great grandma.How old is Samantha,,Mom,Grandma, and great grandma \n" ); document.write( "

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Description is not enough.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "age p for the person making the description
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document.write( "PEOPLE              AGE\r\n" );
document.write( "First Person         p\r\n" );
document.write( "Mother               p+4p=5p\r\n" );
document.write( "Grandmother         24+(5p)  and  24+5p=v-40\r\n" );
document.write( "Greatgrandmother     v\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "Not possible to exactly find age of any of them.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Notice there is ONE equation in two variables. A reasonable example for p could be p=5 for First Person. This will give:
\n" ); document.write( "Mother is 25
\n" ); document.write( "Grand Mother is 49
\n" ); document.write( "GreatGrand Mother is 79 \n" ); document.write( "

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