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Hello, We are trying to follow this equation and solution. Any help to show the work would be great thanks \r
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Let Sylvia's age be S
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document.write( "Then Juan's is: S + 2
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document.write( "Four years ago, Sylvia was S - 4
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document.write( "Four years ago, Juan was: S + 2 - 4, or S - 2
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document.write( "Since 4 years ago, Sylvia was  Juan's age, THEN, we get:  
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document.write( "6S - 24 = 5(S - 2) ------- Multiplying by LCD, 6
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document.write( "6S - 24 = 5S - 10
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document.write( "6S - 5S = - 10 + 24 
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document.write( "S, or Sylvia is: 
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document.write( "Jaun is: 14 + 2, or 
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document.write( "That's it....nothing COMPLEX! \n" );
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