document.write( "Question 1204515: If ben is 5 years older than Tim four years ago, the ratio of the ages 7:6 find their present age \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "If ben is 5 years older than Tim four years ago, the ratio of the ages 7:6 find their present age \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let Tim's age be T\r\n" );
document.write( "Then Ben's is T + 5\r\n" );
document.write( "Four years ago, Ben was and always will be 5 years older that Tim \r\n" );
document.write( "Four years ago, Tim and Ben were T - 4, and T + 5 - 4, or T + 1, respectively\r\n" );
document.write( "We then get: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+%28T+%2B+1%29%2F%28T+-+4%29%2C+%22=%22%2C+7%2F6%29\"\r\n" );
document.write( "7(T - 4) = 6(T + 1) ----- Cross-multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "7T - 28 = 6T + 6\r\n" );
document.write( "7T - 6T = 6 + 28\r\n" );
document.write( "Tim's age, or T = 34\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add 5 to Tim's age to get Ben's.
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