document.write( "Question 1022080: charlotte and edgar ages add up to 22 charlotte is one year older than double edgars age how old is charlotte and edgar \n" ); document.write( "
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Call Charlotte and Edgar's ages be c and e. Then we have
\n" ); document.write( "c + e = 22
\n" ); document.write( "c = 2e + 1
\n" ); document.write( "Now substitute and get
\n" ); document.write( "2e + 1 + e = 22
\n" ); document.write( "3e + 1 = 22
\n" ); document.write( "3e = 21
\n" ); document.write( "e = 7 (Edgar)
\n" ); document.write( "so that\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "c = 15 (Charlotte)
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