document.write( "Question 344035: OK my word problem is \"Melissa is 24 years younger than Joyce. In 2 years, Joyce will be 3 times as old as Melissa will be then. How old are they now?\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "My teacher told me to set it up into a table. How i think the table will be set up like this:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Now -------- In 2 yrs
\n" ); document.write( "Melissa: x-24 x-24+2
\n" ); document.write( "Joyce: x 3(x-24+2)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And when i set up the equation it came out to be:
\n" ); document.write( "x-24+2=3(x-24+2)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Im not sure if that is the right way to set it up. I am horrible at Algebra and i really need your help\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So my question is: Is my equation set up right or do i need to do it a whole dfferent way?
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\"Melissa is 24 years younger than Joyce. In 2 years, Joyce will be 3 times as old as Melissa will be then. How old are they now?\"
\n" ); document.write( "My teacher told me to set it up into a table. How i think the table will be set up like this:
\n" ); document.write( "Now -------- In 2 yrs
\n" ); document.write( "Melissa: x-24 x-24+2
\n" ); document.write( "Joyce: x 3(x-24+2)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And when i set up the equation it came out to be:
\n" ); document.write( "x-24+2=3(x-24+2)
\n" ); document.write( "Im not sure if that is the right way to set it up. I am horrible at Algebra and i really need your help
\n" ); document.write( "So my question is: Is my equation set up right or do i need to do it a whole dfferent way?
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\n" ); document.write( "M = Melissa's age, J = Joyce's age
\n" ); document.write( "J = M + 24 (always true)
\n" ); document.write( "J + 2 = 3(M+2) (3x as old in 2 years)
\n" ); document.write( "Sub M+24 for J in the 2nd eqn
\n" ); document.write( "M+24 + 2 = 3M + 6
\n" ); document.write( "-2M + 26 = 6
\n" ); document.write( "-2M = -20
\n" ); document.write( "M = 10
\n" ); document.write( "J = 34
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\n" ); document.write( "The way you were going might work, but it was giving me a headache.\r
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