document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=722401>Question 722401</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bob Hope was born 2 years after Clark Gable and 2 years before Henry Fonda. In 1951, after all three had their birthdays, the sum of their ages was 144. In what years were they born?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My work:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2-x+2+x+x=144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I can't figure out how to make the equation or the to find the years each were born. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #442736 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=442736\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = Clark Gable's age in 1951<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x+-+2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x+-+2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = Bob Hope's age in 1951<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x+-+4+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x+-+4+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = Henry Fonda's age in 1951<BR>\n" );
document.write( "given:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x+%2B+x+-+2+%2B+x+-+4+=+144+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x+%2B+x+-+2+%2B+x+-+4+=+144+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+3x+-+6+=+144+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+3x+-+6+=+144+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+3x+=+150+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+3x+=+150+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x+=+50+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x+=+50+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x+-+2+=+48+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x+-+2+=+48+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x+-+4+=+46+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x+-+4+=+46+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Clark Gable was born in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+1951+-+50+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+1951+-+50+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1901<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bob Hope's was born in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+1951+-+48+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+1951+-+48+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1903<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Henry Fonda was born in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+1951+-+46+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+1951+-+46+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1905<BR>\n" );
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