document.write( "Question 1122914: Sara is 3 years older than Fiona. Paul is 3 years younger than Fiona. If the total of their ages is 60, how old is the youngest of them? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let’s Sara’s age be \"s\", Fiona’s age \"f\", and Paul’s age \"p\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( "Sara is \"3\" years older than Fiona, =>\"s=f%2B3\"....eq.1
\n" ); document.write( "Paul is \"3\" years younger than Fiona, =>\"p=f-3\"....eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " the total of their ages is \"60\",=>\"s%2Bf%2Bp=60\"....eq.3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "substitute \"s\" and \"p\" from eq.1 and eq.2 into eq.3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f%2B3%2Bf%2Bf-3=60\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3f=60\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f=60%2F3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"f=20\"->Fiona is \"20\" years old\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"s=f%2B3\"....eq.1..substitute \"f\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s=20%2B3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s=23\"-> Sara is \"23\" years old\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"p=f-3\" ....eq.2..substitute \"f\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p=20-3\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"p=17\" ->Paul is \"17\" years old\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, the youngest of them is \"17\" years old\r
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