document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=507072>Question 507072</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> write an equation that models how old in years each of you will be when your ages add up to 150 years old.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "donald 48, me 46. I started with<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "donald = x + 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x+2)= 150 then I got losed. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #340328 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=340328\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x + (x+2)= 150\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + x+2 = 150\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+2 = 150\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 150-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 148\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 148/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 74 </SPAN>\n" );
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