document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1155934>Question 1155934</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Four   years   ago   Bob   was   twice   as   old   as   his   little   sister.   Five   years   from   now   he   will   be   six  years   older   than   his   sister.   How   old   is   each   now?  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #778617 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=778617\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Little sister is now x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 years ago she was x-4 and Bob was 2(x-4), or 2x-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 years from now she will be x+5 and Bob will be 2x+1, nine years later<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+1-6=x+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sister is 10 now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when she was 6 Bob was 12, so Bob is now 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "five years from now, he will be 21 and she 15, 6 years older than she </SPAN>\n" );
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