document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=339652>Question 339652</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> john is 6 years older than jill 5 years ago john was 3 times as old as jill was then, form equation in x and solve it to find what age jill is now </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let Jill's and John's current ages be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=J%5Bi%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"J%5Bi%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=J%5Bo%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"J%5Bo%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, respectively\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since john is currently 6 years older than jill, then we'll have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=J%5Bo%5D+=+J%5Bi%5D+%2B+6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"J%5Bo%5D+=+J%5Bi%5D+%2B+6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=J%5Bo%5D+-+J%5Bi%5D+=+6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"J%5Bo%5D+-+J%5Bi%5D+=+6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >____ eq(i) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And, since 5 years ago john was 3 times as old as jill was then, then we'll also get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=J%5Bo%5D+-+J%5Bi%5D++=+6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"J%5Bo%5D+-+J%5Bi%5D++=+6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ______ eq(i)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=J%5Bo%5D+-+3J%5Bi%5D+=+-+10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"J%5Bo%5D+-+3J%5Bi%5D+=+-+10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ___ eq (ii)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2J%5Bi%5D+=+16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2J%5Bi%5D+=+16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > __ Subtracting eq (ii) from eq (i)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=J%5Bi%5D ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"J%5Bi%5D\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or Jill's current age = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%288%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%288%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > years. </SPAN>\n" );
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