document.write( "Question 1158671: A man is four times older than his son but five years older than his wife. The sum of their ages is 103. How old is the man? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #781664 by ikleyn(52790)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In English, when you use it in Math, \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " \"A man is four times older than his son\" (*)\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "means this and only this\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " A man is 5 times as old as his son\".\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But this interpretation (although is the ONLY CORRECT), is DEFINITELY not that you really want, \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and it leads to the non-integer answer, which is NONSENSE in this kind of problems.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The cause is in that you INCORRECTLY use this combination of words (*).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Learn English from my posts in parallel with Math and have doubled benefits (!)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |