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document.write( "The ratio of Jonathan’s age to David’s age is 6:5. In seven years it will be 7:6. What are their ages now.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "J/D = 6/5 --> 5J = 6D<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(J+7)/(D+7) = 7/6 --> 6(J+7) = 7(D+7)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5J = 6D<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6(J+7) = 7(D+7)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you do the rest? </SPAN>\n" );
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