document.write( "Question 1142900: Jose is 3 times as old as wally.Five years from how the sum of their ages is 42.How old are they \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x = Wally's age;  then the Joses's age is 3x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the condition, you have this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (x+5) + (3x+5) = 42,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    4x = 32\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x = 32/4 = 8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Wally is 8 years old.  Jose is 3*8 = 24 years old.\r\n" );
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