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document.write( "aaron is half as old as Ryan and three times as old as Matt. If the sum of their ages is 40. what is ryan's age?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let Aaron's age be x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ryans age is 2x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Matt = 1/3 x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+2x+1/3 x =40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10x/3 =40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10x = 120\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 12 Aaron's age\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ryan's age =2x =24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Matt's age 1/3 of 12= 4 \r<BR>\n" );
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