document.write( "Question 1021176: Brendan is 4 years older than michael. 17 years ago Brendan was 3 times as old as michael. How old is michael today? \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"B=M%2B4\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"B-17=3%28M-17%29%29%29%0D%0A.%0D%0A.%0D%0ASubstituting%2C%0D%0A%7B%7B%7BM%2B4-17=3M-51\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"M-13=3M-51\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-2M=-38\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"M=19\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"B=19%2B4\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"B=23\"$
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