document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=133181>Question 133181</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have three word problems for age and I know that they are simple but I can't seem to find the correct formula\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. If John is x years old and Julia is 4 years younger, what age does Alfred have in each case? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) Alfred is 1 year older than the average age of John and Julia.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) Alfred is 2 years younger than 5 times the difference of John's and Julias ages.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This math text is in Spanish so I translated the problems into English.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. A father is 3 times as old as his son. In 12 years he will be double the age of his son. What are the father and son's ages now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "John is x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Julia is x-4<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Alfred is 1 year older than the average age of John and Julia.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alfred = [(x + x-4)/2] + 1  = [(2x-4)/2] + 1  = x-2 + 1 = x-1 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) Alfred is 2 years younger than 5 times the difference of John's and Julias ages.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-1 =5(x-(x-4)) -2 = 20-2 = 18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This math text is in Spanish so I translated the problems into English. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. A father is 3 times as old as his son. In 12 years he will be double the age of his son. What are the father and son's ages now?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let son's age be \"x\"; Father's age is \"3x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In 12 yrs, son will ber x+12; father will be \"3x+12\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+12 = 2(x+12)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12 (son's age)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x= 36 (father's age)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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