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document.write( "let robert's age be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "john's age is x-5 years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "after 8 years Robert will be x+8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After 8 years John will be (x-5)+8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sum of their ages then (x+8)+(x-5)+8 =37\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+11=37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=37-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=13\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Robert's age = 13-5=8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After 3 years Robert will be 8+3 = 11 years<BR>\n" );
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