document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=685725>Question 685725</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Four years from now, Daisy will be twice as old as Libeth. Six Years ago she was four times as old as her. Find their present ages. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d+4 = 2(L+4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d-6 = 4(L-6)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d - 2L = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d - 4L = -18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"L\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2L = 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Libeth = 11 years <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"d\" using d -2L = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d -22 = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Daisey = 26 years<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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