document.write( "Question 1191544: John is X years old
\n" ); document.write( "Jill is 2 years younger than John
\n" ); document.write( "Tom (John's dad) is 2x older than John plus 8 years\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How old is John, Jill and Tom
\n" ); document.write( "Total ages added together is 82
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document.write( "PERSON        AGE\r\n" );
document.write( "John          X\r\n" );
document.write( "Jill          X-2\r\n" );
document.write( "Tom          2X+X+8\r\n" );
document.write( "SUM           82\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"X%2B%28X-2%29%2B%282X%2BX%2B8%29=82\"$ -----------very literal according to the given description.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"5X%2B6=82\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"5X=76\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "X is not a very neat whole number but a somewhat dubious nonwhole number. \n" ); document.write( "

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