document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1197025>Question 1197025</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.Each of the four children Dino, Sonny, Nikko, and Xian, holds a different object (fan, car, dart, and slime).   <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. Sonny is older than his friend who owns the car and younger than his friend who owns the dart.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. Nikko and his friend who owns the slime both have the same age. They are the youngest members of<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. Dino is older than his friend who owns the fan.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Nine teams register in a basketball league. Each team will compete with the other teams only once. How <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3.Vince is older than Raven and the sum of their ages is 57. When Vince’s age is divided by Raven’s age, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the quotient is 4 and the remainder is 2. How old is each?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "N2 was solved in my previous post under this link\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "N3 is solved below.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the condition, we have two equations\r\n" );
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document.write( "    V + R = 57     (1)    (\"the sum of their ages is 57\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "    V = 4*R + 2    (2)    (\"When Vince’s age is divided by Raven’s age\")\r\n" );
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document.write( "From equation (1), express R = 57 - V and substitute it into equation (1).  You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "    V = 4*(57-V) + 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find V\r\n" );
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document.write( "    V = 4*57 - 4V + 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "    V + 4V = 4*57 + 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "      5V   =   230\r\n" );
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document.write( "       V   =   230/5 = 46.\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>ANSWER</U>.  Vince is 46 years old.  Raven is  57-46 = 11 years old.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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