document.write( "Question 398133: Alex is 6 years older than Sara. Sixteen years ago, Alex was 1 1/2 times as old as Sara. How old are they now? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Alex is 6 years older than Sara
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document.write( "Let x and (x+6) represent the ages of Sara and Alex NOW respectively
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document.write( "Question states*** 16 years ago...
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document.write( " (x+6) - 16 = 3/2(x-16)
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document.write( "solving for x
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document.write( "    x - 10 = 1.5x - 24
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document.write( "       14 = .5x
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document.write( "       14/.5 = x
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document.write( "         x = 28, Sara's age NOW.  Alex is 34 NOW.   (28 + 6)\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( " 18 = 1.5 * 12 = 18 \n" );
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