SOLUTION: I am 37 and alex is 15. write an equation which models how old in years you will be when you are 3 times as old as the youngest person?

Question 218920: I am 37 and alex is 15.
write an equation which models how old in years you will be when you are 3 times as old as the youngest person?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am 37 and alex is 15.
write an equation which models how old in years you will be when you are 3 times as old as the youngest person?
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Let t = time in yrs for this to happen
:
37 - t = 3(15 - t)
37 - t = 45 - 3t
-t + 3t = 45 - 37
2t = 8
t = 4 yrs ago
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Is this true?
4yrs ago you were 33, and Alex was 11
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