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document.write( "Let Timothy be \"t\" years old.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then Joseph is  (t+5)  years old and Mathew is  (t+7)  years old, according to the condition.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The numbers follow in this ascending order  t,  t+5,  t+7.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the names ordering is this: Timothy, Joseph, Mathew, from youngest to oldest.\r\n" );
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