document.write( "Question 1088735: ABENA IS NOW THREE TIMES AS OLD AS BEN.TEN YEARS AGO ABENA WAS FIVE TIMES AS OLD AS BEN.FIND THEIR AGES NOW\r
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\"A=3B\"
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