document.write( "Question 1074739: a wife is double her first born age and five years younger than his husband. their total of years is hundred, how old is the first born
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w, wife
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28w=2b%2Cw=h-5%2Cw%2Bb%2Bh=100%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Put b and h in terms of w.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Substitute into sum of ages.
\n" ); document.write( "\"w%2Bw%2F2%2Bw%2B5=100\"
\n" ); document.write( "Solve for w; and then continue...
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