document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=2374>Question 2374</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tom is 4 years older than Jerry.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9 years ago tom was 5x as old as Jerry was then.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How old are they now? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #996 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=996\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> first define 2 variables, based on what you need to find....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = tom's age now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let j = jerry's age now.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t=j+4 --eqn 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 years ago, tom was (t-9) and jerry was (j-9), so t-9 = 5(j-9)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now solve these 2 equations. Look at my many previous examples of how to do this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jon<BR>\n" );
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