document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=228831>Question 228831</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Nancy is 4 times as old as her sister, Fran. 3 years ago, the sum of their ages was 4 years total. How old was Fran 3 years ago? What does that mean, technically? Please provide a chart! THANKS!!!!!!!!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent Fran's age now.  Then Nancy's age now is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 4x\">.  Fran's age 3 years ago is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x - 3\">, and Nancy's age 3 years ago is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 4x - 3\">.  Three years ago the sum of their ages was 4, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (4x - 3) + (x - 3) = 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> and then subtract 3.  You will discover that Fran's mother wasn't even expecting 3 years ago.\r<BR>\n" );
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