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\n" ); document.write( "Sandra is 63 years older than her grandson. Five years ago, she was 4 times as old as he was. How old is she
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Let S be Sandra's age\r\n" );
document.write( "Then grandson is: S - 63\r\n" );
document.write( "We then get: S - 5 = 4(S - 63 - 5)\r\n" );
document.write( "             S - 5 = 4(S - 68)\r\n" );
document.write( "             S - 5 = 4S - 272\r\n" );
document.write( "            S - 4S = - 272 + 5\r\n" );
document.write( "              - 3S = - 267\r\n" );
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