SOLUTION: a log cabin is 24 years old and a friendship quilt is 6 years old. In how many years will the log cabin be three times as old as the friendship quilt?
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Question 1005792: a log cabin is 24 years old and a friendship quilt is 6 years old. In how many years will the log cabin be three times as old as the friendship quilt?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the number of years in the future, x.
Thus we can write
24 + x = 3(6 + x)
24 + x = 18 + 3x
6 = 2x
x = 3 years from now
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