document.write( "Question 1203018: jack is twice as old as jill and six years younger than kathy. if jill is h years old, how old is cathy in terms of h? \n" ); document.write( "

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jack is twice as old as jill and six years younger than kathy.
\n" ); document.write( "if jill is h years old, how old is cathy in terms of h?
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\n" ); document.write( "let j =Jack's age, let h = Jill's age, let k - Kathy's age
\n" ); document.write( "write an equation for each statement
\n" ); document.write( "\" jack is twice as old as jill\"
\n" ); document.write( "j = 2h
\n" ); document.write( "\" and six years younger than kathy.\"
\n" ); document.write( "j = k-6
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\n" ); document.write( " if jill is h years old, how old is kathy in terms of h?
\n" ); document.write( "replace j with 2h in the above equation
\n" ); document.write( "2h = k-6
\n" ); document.write( "2h+6 = k
\n" ); document.write( "or
\n" ); document.write( "k = 2h+6 \n" ); document.write( "

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