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document.write( "A man will be 3 times as old as his son will be in 9 years. If he is  6 times as old as his son now, how old is the son? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = son's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then from \"he is 6 times as old as his son now\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = man's age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From: \"A man will be 3 times as old as his son will be in 9 years.\" we get our equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+9 = 3(x+9)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+9 = 3x+27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+9 = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6 years old (son's age)\r<BR>\n" );
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