document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186666>Question 1186666</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose your mother was 27 years old when you were born. Presently she is three times as old as you are. What is your mother’s present age?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "m = mom's age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(m-27) = your age\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Presently she is three times as old as you are.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m =  3(m-27)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 3m - 81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "81 = 3m - m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "81 = 2m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 81/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 40.5, round it down,  Mom is 40, you are 13\r<BR>\n" );
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