document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1149870>Question 1149870</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Joy is 10 years older than EJ. Five years ago, EJ is 1/3 as old as Joy. What are their present ages?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "With logical reasoning instead of formal algebra....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference in their ages is 10 years; when EJ was 1/3 as old as Joy, their ages had to be 5 and 15.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That was 5 years ago, so their ages now are 10 and 20.<br><BR>\n" );
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