document.write( "Question 1207790: Jon is 4 years older than twice the age of his youngar sister, Alice. The sum of the spas in 25 years. How old are John and Auce? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let Jon's age be \"J\" and Alice’s age be \"A\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if Jon is \"4\" years older than twice the age of Alice, we have\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"J=2A%2B4\"........eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if the sum of the spas in \"25\" years, we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"J%2BA=25\"...eq.2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "substitute \"J\" from eq.1 in eq.2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2A%2B4%2BA=25\"...eq.2, solve for \"A\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3A=25-4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3A=21\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"A=7\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "go to eq.1, substitute \"A\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"J=2%2A7%2B4\"........eq.1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"J=18\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, Jon is \"18\" years old and Alice is \"7\" years old\r
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