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document.write( "Tom is 3 years older than Mary and Jane is 5 years older than Tom. What is the average age?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let Mary's age be M<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then Tom's is: M + 3, and Jane's is: M + 3 + 5, or M + 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sum of their ages = M + M + 3 + M + 8, or 3M + 11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Average age = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28%283M+%2B+11%29%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28%283M+%2B+11%29%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28M+%2B+11%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28M+%2B+11%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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