document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=370657>Question 370657</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> elsie is twelve years old than her brother andy. four years from now andy will be two third as old as elsie. how old are they now?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "elsie= a+12. Four yrs from now, andy = a+4, elsie = a+16.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3a+12 = 2a + 32,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 20, the age of andy, and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + 12 = 32, the age of elsie. </SPAN>\n" );
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