document.write( "Question 155205: this year your brother james
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document.write( "will be 2 years from being twice as old as your sister jenny. The sum of james age and 3 times jennys age is 66. How old is Jenny \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #114259 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! this year your brother james will be 2 years from being twice as old as your sister jenny. \n" ); document.write( "Let Jenny's age be \"x\": \n" ); document.write( "Then James age is \"2x-2\" \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The sum of james age and 3 times jennys age is 66. How old is Jenny?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION: \n" ); document.write( "2x-2 + 3x = 66\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5x = 68 \n" ); document.write( "x = 13 3/8 years \n" ); document.write( "------------------ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |