document.write( "Question 1137681: patty is six years younger than marci. seven years ago , their ages totaled 26. hold old is each now
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patty is six years younger than marci. seven years ago , their ages totaled 26. hold old is each now
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Let Patty's age be P
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document.write( "Then Marci's is: P + 6
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document.write( "As their ages summed to 26, 7 years ago, their ages now sum to 40 (26 + 2 * 7)
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document.write( "We then get: P + P + 6 = 40
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document.write( "2P = 34
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