document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1175640>Question 1175640</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mrs. Andrew’s is two years less than four times as old as her daughter Janelle. In six years Janelle will be three-eighths as old as her mother. How old is each one now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There are dozens of ways to set this problem up for solving.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I will show you a path to the solution that is a bit unusual but that \"works\" well for me.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You will probably get responses from other tutors that show more traditional algebraic solution methods.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"In six years Janelle will be three-eighths as old as her mother.\"<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "With that statement, most ways of setting up the problem would involve working with fractions.  I find it easier to avoid fractions, as the computations are a bit easier and faster without them.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So my start on the problem is this:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the ages of Mrs. Andrew and her daughter 6 years from now be 8x and 3x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then their current ages are 8x-6 and 3x-6.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mrs. Andrew's age is 2 less than 4 times Janelle's age:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWERS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mrs. Andrew's age is 8x-6 = 40-6 = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Janelle's age is 3x-6 = 9<br><BR>\n" );
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