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document.write( "let a = your age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "500-3a = 257<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500 - 257 = 3a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "243 = 3a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 243/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 81 is your age </SPAN>\n" );
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