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document.write( "Let Demola's current age, be D
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document.write( "Then John's is: D - 2
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document.write( "Peter's is: , or 
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document.write( "As their ages sum to 23, we get:
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document.write( "4D + D = 50 ------- Multiplying by LCD, 2
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document.write( "5D = 50
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document.write( "D, or Demola's current age = , or 
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document.write( "John's current age: 10 - 2, or 
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document.write( "Peter's current age: , or  \n" );
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