document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1201160>Question 1201160</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jessie is three years older than Miguel. Twenty years from now, the sum of their ages is 51. Find their present ages. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let Miguel's present age be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jessie's age now will be x+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After 20  years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Miguel's age will be x+20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jessie'sage will be x+3 +20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+20 +x+3 +20 =51<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x +43=51<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x =51-43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x =8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x =8/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=4 Miguel's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jessie's age 4+3 =7 years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x </SPAN>\n" );
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