document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1168565>Question 1168565</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Will is twice Vanessa's age. 14 years ago, he was 4 times older than Vanessa. FInd their present ages. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Simple arithmetic or algebra;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Vanessa is 21 and Will is 42.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(Not exactly.  Problem solved was as if  \"as old as\", so a different problem was solved than the one given.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem given AS WRITTEN would go more like<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and would make for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=18%262%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=18%262%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; would that be the kind of result you want? </SPAN>\n" );
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