document.write( "Question 1132944: Matthew is y years old.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "His wife Jess is 2 years older.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The total age of both Matthew and Jess is 72 years.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation and solve it to find the value of y (Matthew’s age).
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mathew'sage is y
\n" ); document.write( "his wife is 2 years older.
\n" ); document.write( "therefore his wife'sage is y + 2.
\n" ); document.write( "the total age of both is 72.
\n" ); document.write( "therefore y + y + 2 = 72
\n" ); document.write( "combine like terms to get 2y + 2 = 72.
\n" ); document.write( "subtract 2 from both sides of that equation to get 2y = 70
\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides of that equation by 2 to get y = 35.
\n" ); document.write( "that's matthew's age.
\n" ); document.write( "his wife is 2 years older than him, therefore his wife-s age is 37.
\n" ); document.write( "matthew is 35 and his wife is 37.
\n" ); document.write( "the sum of their ages is 72.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you solution is that matthew is 35 years old./\r
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