document.write( "Question 1182069: 3 years older than four times the age of a younger person. The sum of their ages is 13. Find their ages\r
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document.write( "x + (4x+3) = 13\r\n" );
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document.write( "    5x     = 13-3\r\n" );
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document.write( "    5x     = 10\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x     = 10/5 = 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  2 years and 2*4+3 = 11 years.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.  2 + 11 = 13 years total.   ! Correct !\r\n" );
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