document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1191544>Question 1191544</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> John is X years old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jill is 2 years younger than John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tom (John's dad) is 2x older than John plus 8 years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How old is John, Jill and Tom<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total ages added together is 82<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jill is 2 years younger than John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-2) = Jill's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tom (John's dad) is 2x older than John plus 8 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x+8) = Dad's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How old is John, Jill and Tom<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total ages added together is 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x-2) +(2x+8) = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + x + 2x - 2 + 8 = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 6 = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 82-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 76/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 19 is John's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "19 - 2 = 17 is Jill's<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(19)+8 = 46 is Dad's<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check: 19 + 17 + 46 = 82 </SPAN>\n" );
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