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Leading men. Bob hope was born 2 years after Cark Gable and 2 years before Henry Fonda. In 1951, after all three of the had their birthdays, the sum of their ages was 144. In what years were they born?
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document.write( "Let Bob Hope's birth year be N\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...Bob hope was born 2 years after Clark Gable...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore Clark Gable's birth year is N-2\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...Bob hope was born...2 years before Henry Fonda...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore Henry Fonda's birth year is N+2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In 1951, Bob Hope was 1951 - N\r\n" );
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document.write( "in 1951, Clark Gable was 1951 - (N-2) \r\n" );
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document.write( "1n 1951, Henry Fonda was 1951 - (N+2)\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...In 1951, after all three of the had their birthdays, \r\n" );
document.write( "the sum of their ages was 144...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore \r\n" );
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document.write( "1951 - N + 1951 - (N-2) + 1951 - (N+2) = 144\r\n" );
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document.write( "1951 - N + 1951 - N + 2 + 1951 - N - 2 = 144\r\n" );
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document.write( "                             5853 - 3N = 144\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                   -3N = -5709\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                     N = 1903\r\n" );
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document.write( "So Bob Hope was born in 1903.    \r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...Bob hope was born 2 years after Clark Gable...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "So Clark Gable was born in 1901.\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...Bob hope was born...2 years before Henry Fonda...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "So Henry Fonda was born in 1905.\r\n" );
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