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document.write( "youngest ----------x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "middle -------------(x+5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "eldest-------------2(x+5)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+(x+5)+2(x+5)=83\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x+5+2x+10=83\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x+15=83<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=68<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=17\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "17,22, 44 are the ages </SPAN>\n" );
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