document.write( "Question 293990: Lola is 6 times as old as Paul. Last year, she was 10 years older than he was then. how do i do this problem \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "L = 6P\r\n" );
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document.write( "Last year she was L-1 and he was P-1\r\n" );
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document.write( "L-1 = P-1 + 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "Can you simplify and solve that system?  If not\r\n" );
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document.write( "Paul is just a toddler, 2, and Lola is a 7th-grader, 12.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Checking: Last year he was 1, just a baby, and she was 11 \r\n" );
document.write( "in the 6th grade, so then she was 10 years older than he was.\r\n" );
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