document.write( "Question 1190432: Bob is three times as old as Jenny, who is five times as old as Lou. If Bob is x
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Algebra.Com's Answer #822060 by Edwin McCravy(20056) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "This problem is terribly botched!

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document.write( "This means that Bob, who is x, is 15 times as old as Lou.\r\n" );
document.write( "So if we kept everybody under 100 years old, Lou could only \r\n" );
document.write( "be 1,2,3,4,5 or 6 now. which would make him 11,12,13,14,15,\r\n" );
document.write( "or 16 in 10 years. So here are the only possibilities:\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 Lou\r\n" );
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document.write( "            Bob   10   choice  choice  choice  choice  choice \r\n" );
document.write( "Lou  Jenny   x   years   a)     b)       c)      d)      e)\r\n" );
document.write( " 1     5    15    11     1      8.5       7      3      1.1  \r\n" );
document.write( " 2    10    30    12     2     16        12      6      2.3\r\n" );
document.write( " 3    15    45    13     3      23.5     17      9      2.5\r\n" );
document.write( " 4    20    60    14     4      31       22     12      4.6\r\n" );
document.write( " 5    25    75    15     5      38.5     27     15      5.8\r\n" );
document.write( " 6    30    90    16     6      46       32     18      8.1\r\n" );
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document.write( "If Bob is x=30, the correct choice will be c)\r\n" );
document.write( "If Bob is x=75, the correct choice will be d)\r\n" );
document.write( "But for Bob being any other age, all the choices are wrong.\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is a monstrosity of a problem, but I got my kicks by\r\n" );
document.write( "analyzing it. lol\r\n" );
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