document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=519884>Question 519884</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> alice is 4 years younger than her husband, and twice as old now as she was 17 years ago. how old are they? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #345824 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=345824\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Husband --------x  years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "alice-----------x-4 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17 years ago<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alice = x-4-17=>x-21\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-4=2(x-21)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-4=2x-42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x-x=38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=38 years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "husband 38 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alice = 34 years\r<BR>\n" );
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