document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=300708>Question 300708</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> mrs.montez is 20 years older than Mrs. cooke sixteen years ago, mrs.montez was 3 times as old as mrs. cooke was then. how old are mrs.montez and mrs. cooke now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let Mrs. cooke's age be x now\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mrs. montez's age will be x+20 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16 years ago their ages were x-16 and (x+20)-16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mrs. montez was 3 times mrs. cooke's age then\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(x-16) = (x+20)-16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-48 =x+20-16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-x = 48+20-16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x=52\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=26 that is cooke's age now\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mrs montez's age will be x+20 = 26+20 = 46 years </SPAN>\n" );
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