document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=734955>Question 734955</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Walk me through the steps because its hard to understand.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Melissa is 24 years younger than <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Joyce. in two years Joyce will be three times as old as Melissa will be.  How old are they now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "j = Joyce's age now.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=j-24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=j-24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, Melissa is 24 years younger than Joyce.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "m+2 = Melissa in two more years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j+2 = Joyce in two more years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28j%2B2%29=3%2A%28m%2B2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28j%2B2%29=3%2A%28m%2B2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, Joyce will be three times as old as Melissa in two years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have a system of two linear equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=j-24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=j-24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > AND <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=j%2B2=3%2A%28m%2B2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"j%2B2=3%2A%28m%2B2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hopefully that is enough for you to finish, and in fact is most of the solution process, that of  analyzing and setting up the equations.  Now just solve the system for j and m. </SPAN>\n" );
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