document.write( "Question 623970: If you add ben and jerry's age together you get 84. Jerry is three times as old as Ben. How old is Ben? \r
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document.write( "If you add ben and jerry's age together you get 84. 
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document.write( "Jerry is three times as old as Ben's age. How old is Ben? 
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document.write( "j= 3x   YEs!!! Good work.
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document.write( " ben + jery = 84    |Careful here...
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document.write( "   x + 3x = 84
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document.write( "     4x = 84 
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document.write( "      x = 21, Ben's age \n" );
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