document.write( "Question 1125337: Juan is 90 years younger than Stacy. 2 years ago, Stacy's age was 4 times Juan's age. How old is Juan now? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let J be the Juan'a age.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the Stacy age is (J+90), according to the condition.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2 years ago:\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (J+90)-2 = 4*(J-2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    J + 88 = 4J - 8\r\n" );
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document.write( "    88 + 8 = 4J - J\r\n" );
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document.write( "    96 = 3J  ====>  J = 96/3 = 32.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  Juan is 32 years old now.\r\n" );
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