document.write( "Question 1163959: lori is 15 years older than carol. in 10 years, lori will be twice as old as carol. how old is lori now? \n" ); document.write( "

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lori is 15 years older than carol. in 10 years, lori will be twice as old as carol. how old is lori now?
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Let Lori's age be L
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document.write( "Then Carol's is: L - 15
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document.write( "We then get: L + 10 = 2(L - 15 + 10)
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document.write( "L + 10 = 2(L - 5)
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document.write( "L + 10 = 2L - 10
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document.write( "10 + 10 = 2L - L
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