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document.write( "x = Cindy now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 10 = Ray now\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 8 = Cindy in 8 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 18 = Ray in 8 years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 18 = 2(x + 8) {in 8 years, Ray will be twice as old as Cindy}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 18 = 2x + 16 {used distributive property}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18 = x + 16 {subtracted x from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2 {subtracted 16 from both sides}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cindy is 2 now.<BR>\n" );
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