document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=381460>Question 381460</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> RAM , six years old, is twice as old as his brother.  How old will RAM  be when he is one and a half times as old as his brother? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #270646 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley79><B>checkley79(3341)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley79><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=270646\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> RAM=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BROTHER=6/2=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6+X=1.5(3+X)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6+X=4.5+1.5X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X-1.5X=4.5-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.5X=-1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-1.5/-.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=3 YEARS FROM NOW RAM WILL BE 1.5 TIMES HIS BROTHERS AGE.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6+3=1.5(3+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9=1.5*6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9=9\r<BR>\n" );
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