document.write( "Question 1060690: Sam's age is 4 years more than twice the age of Dave The sum of their ages is 46. What are their ages?\r
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document.write( "    Take for a minute these 4 extra years aside.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Then Sam's \"corrected\" age will be twice the Dave's age, and the sum of ages will be 46 - 4 = 42.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Then it is clear that Dave's age is one third of 42, i.e. 14 years, while Sam's \"corrected\" age is 28 years.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Now the last step is to return to Sam his 4 years back to get the \r\n" );
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document.write( "    Answer.  Sam is 32 years old;  Dave is 14 years old.\r\n" );
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