document.write( "Question 1206699: Gabor is w years old. his mother is 4 times older than him. his father is three years older than his mother. write an expression to represent the age of Gabor's mother as a function of w \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's say Gabor is 10 years old.
\n" ); document.write( "4 times that would be 4*10 = 40.
\n" ); document.write( "If his mother is 40 years older than him, then she would be 10+40 = 50.
\n" ); document.write( "Note 50/10 = 5 is the multiplier, which is where the other tutors are getting the 5w from.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you changed \"4 times older than\" to \"4 times as old as\", then Gabor being 10 leads to the mother being 4*10 = 40.
\n" ); document.write( "In general if the mother was 4 times as old as her son, then her age would be 4w.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The phrasing is slightly different. I've seen some textbooks use the two styles interchangeably. Unfortunately it's a bit ambiguous.
\n" ); document.write( "This is why it's a good idea to ask your teacher for further clarification.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Further Reading
\n" ); document.write( "https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/the-man-is-five-times-older-than-his-grandson.2879727/
\n" ); document.write( "https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/times-older-than-times-as-old-as.3556657/
\n" ); document.write( "https://gmatclub.com/forum/a-is-3-times-older-than-b-166610.html
\n" ); document.write( "https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/268171/a-is-8-times-older-to-b
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