document.write( "Question 1191620: james is 4 years less than 7 times the age of his daughter,who is 4 more than half of her brothers age. the sum of their ages is 38. How old is James? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #823426 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "James              7(y+4)-4\r\n" );
document.write( "Daughter            y+4\r\n" );
document.write( "Brother            2y\r\n" );
document.write( "SUM                38\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"7y%2B28-4%2By%2B4%2B2y=38\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"10y%2B28=38\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"10y=10\"$ \r
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