document.write( "Question 1113924: Five years ago, peter was twice as old as Greg. If peter is 21 years old now, how old is Greg \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "let's Peter's age be \"P\" and Greg's \"G\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if five years ago, Peter was twice as old as Greg, we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"P-5=2G\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if Peter is \"21\" years old now,we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"21-5=2%28G-5%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"16=2G-10\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"16=2G-10\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"16%2B10=2G\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"26=2G\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"G=13\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, Greg is \"13\" years old\r
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\n" ); document.write( " Peter is \"21\" and Greg is \"13\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "five years ago Peter was \"21-5=16\" and Greg was \"13-5=8\", and you can see that Peter was twice as old as Greg because \"16=2%2A8\"\r
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