document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1088348>Question 1088348</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Shania is 4 times as old as Jenny. Jenny is 3 years older than Enrique. If their total age is 57, how old will Jenny be in four years ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S = 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J = x +3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x+x+3+x=57\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "not sure how to continue from here...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "thank you </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Shania is 4 times as old as Jenny. Jenny is 3 years older than Enrique. If their total age is 57, how old will Jenny be in four years ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S = 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J = x +3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E = x\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "4x+x+3+x=57\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "not sure how to continue from here...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "thank you<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">It's very, very SIMPLE. You just need 1 (ONE) variable.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let Jenny's age be J<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then Shania's is 4J, and Enrique's is: J - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We then get: J + 4J + J - 3 = 57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6J = 57 + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6J = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J, or Jenny is: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C4%2C+60%2F6%2C+or%2C+10%2C+years-old%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"matrix%281%2C4%2C+60%2F6%2C+or%2C+10%2C+years-old%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, in 4 (four) years, Jenny will be: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C4%2C+%2210+%2B+4%2C%22%2C+or%2C+14%2C+years-old%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C4%2C+%2210+%2B+4%2C%22%2C+or%2C+14%2C+years-old%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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