document.write( "Question 1185169: Osei is x year old,five years ago,he was half as old as he is now,how old is he now.
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document.write( "Formally, you write an equation as you read the text\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x - 5 = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "You solve it\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x = 10.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Osei is 10 years old.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Informally, a reader  should guess the answer in 5 - 7 seconds.\r\n" );
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