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document.write( "Jason is 6 years older than his sister. Their mother is years older than the sum of their ages. If their mother is 39, how old is Jason?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.) Get information for problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let j=Jason<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let s=sister\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read first sentence- <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jason is 6 years older than his sister.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we can say: j=s+6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read the second sentence-<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Their mother is the sum(+) of their ages.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So from there we could say: j+s=Mothers age\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read the third sentence-<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2nd.) Now we know how to set up the equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(s+6)+s=39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2s+6=39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2s+6-6=39-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2s=33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2s/2=33/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s=16.5 <----------------Sisters age\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3rd.) From step 1, we know since Jason is 6 years older than his sister we are going to add. Use the value we got for his sisters age in step 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "j=s+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j=16.5+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j=22.5 <---------------Jasons age\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4th.) Just to check.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jasons age+Sisters Age=Mothers age\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "j+s=mothers age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(22.5)+(16.5)=39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "39=39<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jason is 22.5 years old.\r<BR>\n" );
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