document.write( "Question 1195826: Tommy is three years older than Jack. Sadie is seven less than twice Jack’s age. Sadie and Tommy are twins. How old is jack \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let's Tommy's age be \"t\", Jack 's age \"j\", and Sadie's age \"s\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if Tommy is three years older than Jack, we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"t=j%2B3\"......eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if Sadie is seven less than twice Jack’s age, we have
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\n" ); document.write( "\"s=2j-7\"..............eq.2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if Sadie and Tommy are twins, then\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"s=t\".............eq.3\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "=> so we have \"t=2j-7\"..............eq.2a\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then from eq.1 and eq.2a we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"j%2B3=2j-7\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"7%2B3=2j-j\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"j=10\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jack is \"10\" years old
\n" ); document.write( "Tommy is \"13+\"years old
\n" ); document.write( "Sadie is\"+13+\"years old\r
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