document.write( "Question 409415: I am 54 years old, my son is 20 years old, at some point in our lives, my age will be 3 times that of his, I need an equation that models how old in years we will each be when this occurs. I am not real good at these things, so what I have tried I am not going to embarrass myself with giving my inept equations.\r
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I am 54 years old, my son is 20 years old, at some point in our lives, my age will be 3 times that of his,
\n" ); document.write( " I need an equation that models how old in years we will each be when this occurs.
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\n" ); document.write( "You're already less than 3 times his age, so this happened in the past
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\n" ); document.write( "Let y = no. of years ago that you were 3 times your son's age
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\n" ); document.write( "54-y = 3(20-y)
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for y, and subtract that value from your present ages \n" ); document.write( "

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