document.write( "Question 709552: tony is 4 years older than julia. the sum of their ages are their ages is 30. how old are they?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #436667 by MathLover1(20850)\"\" \"About 
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let Tony's age be \"x\" and Julia's age \"y\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if the sum of their ages are their ages is \"30\", then\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2By=30\".....eq. 2..substitute \"x\" from eq. 1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y%2B4%2By=30\"......solve for \"y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y=30-4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y=26\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=26%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28y=13%29\"........Julia's age\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now go back to eq. 1 and solve for \"x\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=17%29\".......Tony's age\r
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