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My age this year is a multiple of 8.Next year it will be a multiple of 7.How old
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document.write( "List the multiples of 8 up to an age than nobody lives to.\r\n" );
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document.write( "8,16,24,32,40,48,56,64,72,80,88,96,104,112,120\r\n" );
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document.write( "List the multiples of 7 up to an age than nobody lives to.\r\n" );
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document.write( "7,14,21,28,35,42,49,56,63,70,77,84,91,98,105,112,119\r\n" );
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document.write( "Look through the lists to find one in each list such that the one\r\n" );
document.write( "in the second list is 1 more than the one in the first list.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We find 48 in the first list and 49 in the second list.\r\n" );
document.write( "We find 104 in the first list and 105 in the second list.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(Many people have lived to be 104, and there are some living now that old!).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Two solutions. \"I am 48\" or \"I am 104\"\r\n" );
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