document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=103296>Question 103296</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Melissa is 24 years younger than Joyce.  In 2 years Joyce will be 3 times as old as Melissa will be then.  How old are each of them now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "M=J-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J=3M+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J=3(J-24)+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J=3J-72+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J=3J-70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J-3J=-70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2j=-70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J=35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M=35-24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M=11<BR>\n" );
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