document.write( "Question 212435: pleassseee,.,.help me solve this problem,.,\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If Samantha were three times as old as she was five years ago, she will be sixty less than six times her current age. How old is Samantha? \n" ); document.write( "
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s = Samantha's present age
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\n" ); document.write( "If Samantha were three times as old as she was five years ago,
\n" ); document.write( "expression for this: 3(s-5)
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\n" ); document.write( " she will be sixty less than six times her current age.
\n" ); document.write( "expression for this: 6s - 60
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\n" ); document.write( "3(s-5) = 6s - 60
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\n" ); document.write( "3s - 15 = 6s - 60
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\n" ); document.write( "-15 + 60 = 6s - 3s
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\n" ); document.write( "45 = 3s
\n" ); document.write( "s = \"45%2F3\"
\n" ); document.write( "s = 15 yrs is Samantha's present age
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\n" ); document.write( "3(15-5) = 6(15) - 60
\n" ); document.write( "3 * 10 = 90 - 60
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