document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=242932>Question 242932</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Kathy is twice as old as Lisa. Three years from now, the sum of their ages will be 42. How old is Kathy?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would like it if you showed my step, by step how did you do it, I got the answer 24  myself but I'm not completely sure how it did it\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X = Kathy's age, 42/2 +3, and then i got 24... \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but somehow, your suppose to write it like this:  equation=42 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let K = Kathy's age and L=Lisa's age\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=K+=+2L ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"K+=+2L\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=K%2B3%2BL%2B3+=+42 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"K%2B3%2BL%2B3+=+42\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=K%2BL%2B6+=+42 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"K%2BL%2B6+=+42\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subsitute K/2 in for L:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=K%2B%28K%2F2%29%2B6+=42 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"K%2B%28K%2F2%29%2B6+=42\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=K%2B%28K%2F2%29+=36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"K%2B%28K%2F2%29+=36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282K%2BK%29%2F2+=36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282K%2BK%29%2F2+=36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3K%2F2+=+36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3K%2F2+=+36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3K+=+72 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3K+=+72\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=K+=+24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"K+=+24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Does that help? Make any sense? </SPAN>\n" );
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