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document.write( "One cousin is \"x\" years old; the other is x+4 years old.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + (x+4) = 42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 19 yrs old (one of the cousins)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4 = 23 yrs old (the other cousin)<BR>\n" );
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