document.write( "Question 1151245: The sum of the ages of even and Diane is 60 years. 12 years ago, Evans age was 2 times dianas. How old is even now? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "The sum of the ages of even and Diane is 60 years. 12 years ago, Evans age was 2 times dianas. How old is even now?
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Let Evan's age be E
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document.write( "Then Diane's is: 60 - E	
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document.write( "Then 12 years ago, we had: E - 12 = 2(60 - E - 12)	
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document.write( "E - 12 = 2(48 - E)
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document.write( "E - 12 = 96 - 2E
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document.write( "E + 2E = 96 + 12
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document.write( "3E = 108
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document.write( "Evan's age, or  \n" );
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