document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1189623>Question 1189623</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> jake is 2 years older than rosa. Five years later, the sum of their ages will be 40. how old are they now </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the sum of their ages will be 40 5 years from now, then the sum of their ages now is 30.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given that Jake is 2 years older than Rosa, we can solve the problem formally:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x = Rosa's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then x+2=Jake's age<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of their ages is 30:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x+2=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+2=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=14<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWERS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rosa's age = x = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jake's age = x+2 = 16<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If a formal algebraic solution is not required...<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of their ages is 30;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If they were the same age, they would be 15 and 15;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But since the difference in their ages is 2, their ages are 14 and 16<br><BR>\n" );
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