document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=967758>Question 967758</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Chris is twice as old as Don, and next year the sum of their ages will be four times as much as Don's age last year. Find their present ages.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=Don's present age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=Chris's present age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "next year:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+1=Don's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+1=Chris's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+1)+((2x+1)=4(x-1) (next year the sum of their ages will be four times as much as Don's age last year.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+1+2x+1=4x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Don's present age=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Chris's present age=12 </SPAN>\n" );
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