document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=170650>Question 170650</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Claire, who is six years older than her sister Amy, is now three times as old as Amy was four years ago.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How old are Claire and Amy now?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please show work if possible </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #125983 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=125983\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> lets call claire and Amy's age, c and a , respectively.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c=a+6......eq 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c=3(a-4)...eq 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "take c's value from eq 1 and plug it into eq 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a+6)=3(a-4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a+6=3a-12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2a=18<BR>\n" );
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