document.write( "Question 943759: Help me answer this?
\n" ); document.write( "Jack is twice as old as Jill. Into years Jack will be four times as old as Joel was nine years ago. How old are they now?
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\n" ); document.write( "Jack is twice as old as Jill.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In two years Jack will be four times as old as Jill was nine years ago. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Jack%2B2=4%2A%28Jill-9%29\"....eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How old are they now?; solve the system:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Jack=2%2AJill\"....eq.1
\n" ); document.write( "\"Jack%2B2=4%2A%28Jill-9%29\"....eq.2....substitute Jack from eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2AJill%2B2=4%2A%28Jill-9%29\"....eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2%2AJill%2B2=4%2AJill-36\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"36%2B2=4%2AJill-2%2AJill\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"38=2%2AJill\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"38%2F2=Jill\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28Jill=19%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"Jack=2%2AJill\"....eq.1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28Jack=38%29\"\r
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