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by DavoodBeater » Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:58 pm
TIP: focus on the question and what it asked!

answer:

k/a=5/3 and
(k-10)/(a+10)=7/5
=>
k=150 and a=90

note: k-10=140 and a+10=100 => answer is 40.