document.write( "Question 389216: kevin is 5 years older than maria. four times maria's age is 2 more than twice kevin's age. how old are maria and kevin? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,  
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document.write( "Kevin is 5 years older than Maria    
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document.write( "Let x and (x+5) represent Maria's and Kevin's age respectively:
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document.write( " 4x = 2(x+5) + 2
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document.write( "Solving for x
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document.write( " 2x = 12
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document.write( "  x = 6, Maria's age.  Kevin is 11 years old.   (6+5)\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( " 24 = 22 + 2 \n" );
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