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Please help me solve this problem:\r
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document.write( "Simplify:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply through by 2 to clear the fraction:\r\n" );
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document.write( "we substitute:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since , we substitute:\r\n" );
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document.write( "So now, Rose is 8 and Cora is 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Rose is 8, and that is 4 times Cora's age, which is 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In 4 years Rose will be 12, and Cora will be 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "12 is 9 more than 3 and 3 will then be half of\r\n" );
document.write( "Cora's age, which will then be 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That also checks.\r\n" );
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