document.write( "Question 1186666: 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? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #817635 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"system%28m-p=27%2C3p=m%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"p=m-27\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"3%28m-27%29=m\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"3m-3%2A27=m\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"2m=3%2A27\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28m=40%261%2F2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Forty years six months of age \n" ); document.write( "

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