document.write( "Question 259406: Jose is 3 times his sister, Anne. The sum of their ages together is 28. What are Jose's and Anne's age?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now i tried solving it.. i put the equation like (j+a=28) but then it would be no solution. There was also 3a=j
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You've got the two equations right.
\n" ); document.write( "1.\"J=3A\"
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"A%2BJ=28\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now substitute for J using eq. 1 in eq. 2 to solve for A.
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