document.write( "Question 490224: 2 years from now, i shall be twice as old as i was 5 years ago said the young girl ... who can tell me her current age pray tell?
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2 years from now, i shall be twice as old as i was 5 years ago said the young girl
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\n" ); document.write( "Let her age now be \"x\":
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\n" ); document.write( "(x+2) = 2(x-5)
\n" ); document.write( "x+2 = 2x-10
\n" ); document.write( "x = 12 (her age now)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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