SOLUTION: please help me with this word problem!
when katie is twice as old as she is now,she will be three times as old as she was three years ago. how old is she now?
please can you he
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Question 339866: please help me with this word problem!
when katie is twice as old as she is now,she will be three times as old as she was three years ago. how old is she now?
please can you help me!
many thanks
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent Katie's age now. Three years ago she was 
. When she is twice as old as she is now she will be 
and that is equal to three times what she was three years ago, or )
.
So:
\ =\ 2x)
Solve for
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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