document.write( "Question 1207798: Rico's and Maris's age gap is 25 years.
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document.write( "Rico's and Maris's age gap is 25 years.\r\n" );
document.write( "4 years from now, Rico's age will be 5 years less than twices maris's age\r\n" );
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document.write( "The CORRECT answer, whatever that may be, DEPENDS on whether\r\n" );
document.write( "\"4 years from now, Rico's age will be 5 years less than twices maris's age,\" should acually be:\r\n" );
document.write( " 4 years from now, Rico's age will be 5 years less than twices maris's twice Maris' age, THEN\r\n" );
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document.write( " 4 years from now, Rico's age will be 5 years less than twices maris's twice Maris' CURRENT age\r\n" );
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document.write( "If the former, current ages are 26 and 51\r\n" );
document.write( "If the latter, current ages are 34 and 59, with Rico OBVIOUSLY being older (2nd sentence confirms this).
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