document.write( "Question 1140892: Adam is 12 years older than his sister Liz. Four years ago Adam was 4 times older than his sister. How old is each now?
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document.write( "    It should be replaced by\r\n" );
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document.write( "        \"Adam was 4 times as old as his sister's age\",  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    or  \r\n" );
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document.write( "        \"Adam was 3 times as old as his sister's age\",  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    depending on which idea, precisely and exactly, you want to bring to a reader.\r\n" );
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