document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=754831>Question 754831</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jan is twice as old as jake. The sum of their age is 5 less than twice of jan's age. How old are jan and jake? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let jake is x yrs then jan is 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of their age is 5 less than twice of jan's age.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so x+2x=2*2x-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or 3x=4x-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or x=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so 2x=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( " then jan is 10 and jake is 5 yrs </SPAN>\n" );
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