document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1169961>Question 1169961</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mark is 8 years older than his sister Rita. Four years ago rita was two thirds as old as Mark. How old are they now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Mark is x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "four years earlier x-4 and x+4 respectively<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-4)/(x+4)=2/3. cross-multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-12=2x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=20 Rita<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+8=28 Mark<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 years earlier it was 16/24 and that is 2/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they are 20 and 28 years old. </SPAN>\n" );
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