document.write( "Question 1147943: Sally has an older sister and a younger sister. Her older sister is one year more than twice Sally’s age. Sally’s younger sister is three years younger than she is. The sum of there ages is 26. Find Sally’s age \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "older sister             2x+1\r\n" );
document.write( "Sally                     x\r\n" );
document.write( "younger sister            x-3\r\n" );
document.write( "SUM                      26\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282x%2B1%29%2Bx%2B%28x-3%29=26\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x-2=26\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x=28\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28x=7%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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