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" );
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document.write( "a = h-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 2*17 = 34<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"a\" and solve for \"h\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34 = h-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "husband's age = 34+4 = 38 yrs of age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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