document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=259618>Question 259618</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have Sue's age be represented as \"x\". <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Leah will then be shown as: x+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "John's age will be: (x+6)+5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we can put this into an equation as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + x+6 (x+6)+5 = 41 Combine like terms to give us:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+17=41 Subtract 17 from both sides to be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=24 Divide both sides by 3 results in:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore we know Sue is 8 yrs old and Leah is 14 and John is 19. See if it adds up to 41?<BR>\n" );
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