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\n" ); document.write( "Mary's age is 5 times Jose's age. The sum of their ages is 18. How old is each?
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document.write( "5J + J = 18,\r\n" );
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document.write( "6J = 18.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Surely, J = 3.\r\n" );
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