document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=421471>Question 421471</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> andrew is making a birthday card for her sister. he wants to draw flowers as many as the age of her sister. how many flowers he need to draw if her sister is 6 years older than him, and the sum of their ages five years from now is 34 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Andrew's sister's age = a+6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now (a + 5) + (a + 6 + 5) = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> 2a + 16 = 34<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> 2a = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==> a = 9, Andrew's age now, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + 6 = 15, Andrew's sister's age now. </SPAN>\n" );
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