document.write( "Question 342911: I'm 27 years old. In how many years will my future age be 16 years more than my past age when I was the same number of years younger? \n" ); document.write( "

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I'm 27 years old. In how many years will my future age be 16 years more than my past age when I was the same number of years younger?
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document.write( "Let x = the number of years it will be until my age will be my future age.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Another way of wording the problem is:\r\n" );
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document.write( "I am 27 and in x years I will be 16 years older than I was x years ago.\r\n" );
document.write( "Find x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then 27+x will be my age when I am x years older.\r\n" );
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document.write( "and 27-x was my age when I was x years younger.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation comes from\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 FUTURE AGE = PAST AGE + 16\r\n" );
document.write( "                  (27+x)    =  (27-x)  + 16\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get x = 8 years.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I'm 27 and in 8 years I'll be 35, which is 16 years older than\r\n" );
document.write( "I was 8 years ago, which was 19, because 19+16=35. \r\n" );
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