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Jim is 3 years older than Pete but 2 yrs younger than Luke the sum of all there ages is 62 how old is luke
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Let Luke's current age, be L
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document.write( "Then Jim's is: L - 2
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document.write( "Also, Pete's is: L - 2 - 3, or L - 5
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document.write( "We then get: L + L - 2 + L - 5 = 62
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document.write( "3L = 62 + 7
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document.write( "3L = 69
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document.write( "L, or Luke's current age = , or 
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document.write( "Although not asked, Jim is: 21, and Pete is 18.\r
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