document.write( "Question 1205495: Janet is presently one-sixth as old as her
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document.write( "mother. Her mother’s age, when divided
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document.write( "by 2, 3, 4, 6, or 8, always leaves one
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document.write( "remaining year. This is not so when her
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document.write( "mother’s present age is divided by 5, for
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document.write( "then there is nothing left over. How old
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document.write( "is Janet’s mother?
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document.write( "How old is Janet? \n" );
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