Farmer Smith and his wife have fifteen children born at intervals of one year and a half.
Pocahontas, the oldest child, admits that she is eight times as old as Captain John,
the youngest of the brood.

How old is Pocahontas?
Show your work using algebra.   Let p = age of Pocahontas and j = age of Captain John.



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