document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=228460>Question 228460</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> melissaa brother is six years less than twice her age. the sum of her age and her brother's age is twenty seven. what should the equation be? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "B(Brother's Age)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B=2M - 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M + B = 27\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Melissa's Age = 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Melissa's Brother's Age = 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16 = 2(11) - 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11 + 6 = 7 </SPAN>\n" );
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