document.write( "Question 247774: Mrs. West is 14 years younger than her aunt. If Mrs. West's age in years is as much below 60 as her aunt's age is over 40, how old is each?\r
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Let A = the age of Mrs. West
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Equation 1: \"+B+=+A+%2B+14\"
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 2: \"60+-+A+=+B+-+40\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Solution:
\n" ); document.write( "Plug (A + 14) into equation 2 for B
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 2: \"60+-+A+=+B+-+40\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"60+-+A+=+%28A+%2B+14%29+-+40\" Simplify
\n" ); document.write( "\"60+-+A+=+-26+%2B+A\" Add 26 from both sides
\n" ); document.write( "\"60+-+A+%2B+26+=+A\" Add A to both sides
\n" ); document.write( "\"60+%2B+26+=+A+%2B+A\"Simplify
\n" ); document.write( "\"86+=+2A\" Divide both sides by 2
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%2843+=+A%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now plug 43 into equation 1 for A
\n" ); document.write( "Equation 1: \"+B+=+A+%2B+14\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+B+=+43+%2B+14\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28B+=+57%29\"\r
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