document.write( "Question 1069208: Kyle is two years younger than Claire. 12 years ago, Claire was twice as old as Kyle. How old is Kyle and Claire now? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Your equations are\r\n" );
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document.write( "K = C - 2,       (1)\r\n" );
document.write( "C-12 = 2(K-12)   (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute the expression (1)  to the equation (2), replacing K. You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "C - 12 = 2((C-2)-12).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve:\r\n" );
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document.write( "C - 12 = 2C - 28,\r\n" );
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document.write( "28 - 12 = C,\r\n" );
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document.write( "C = 16.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  Clair present age is 16 yeras. Kyle present age is 16-2 = 14.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is a bunch of lessons on age word problems \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic \"Age word problems\".\r
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