document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=224717>Question 224717</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> karen is three times as old as she was eight years ago.how old is she now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "k = 3(k-8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k = 3k - 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 = 3k - k<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 = 2k<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k = 12 yr now </SPAN>\n" );
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