document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204515>Question 1204515</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If ben is 5 years older than Tim four years ago, the ratio of the ages 7:6 find their present age  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If ben is 5 years older than Tim four years ago,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b, Ben's age today<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t, Tim's age TODAY\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " the ratio of the ages 7:6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What ratio?  Only meaning must be ratio of Ben's age TODAY to the age of Tim four years ago.  Reading this exactly,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=28%2B6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=28%2B6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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