document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=412167>Question 412167</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> bill is 3 years older than tom. five years ago bill was twice tom age. how old are they each now?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " x+3+2(5-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3+2x-10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #289563 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=289563\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x = Tom's age right now. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now set up a table (this is optional, but it may help)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "      Now   |    Five Years Ago\r\n" );
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document.write( "Tom    x    |       x-5\r\n" );
document.write( "Bill  x+3   |       (x+3)-5\r\n" );
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document.write( "Basically we have two columns which represent Tom and Bill's age now and five years ago. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since x is Tom's age, an 'x' goes in the row Tom and the column Now.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since \"bill is 3 years older than tom\", an 'x+3' goes in the Bill row and Now column. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To get the second column, simply subtract 3 from each value in the first column.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we know that Tom is x-5 years old and Bill is (x+3)-5 or x-2 years old five years ago\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now because \"five years ago bill was twice tom age\", we know that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-2=2%28x-5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-2=2%28x-5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. So let's solve this equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-2=2x-10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-2=2x-10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Distribute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=2x-10%2B2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=2x-10%2B2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Add <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to both sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-x=-8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-x=-8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Combine like terms on the right side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Reduce.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since x is Tom's age now, this means that Tom is currently 8 years old. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Because Bill is 3 years older than Tom, this means Bill is 8+3 = 11 years old.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now subtract 5 from both their ages (to get their ages 5 years ago) to get Tom to be 8-5 = 3 and Bill to be 11-5 = 6. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So five years ago, Tom was 3 and Bill was 6. Notice that 6 is exactly twice (two times) that of 3. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jim </SPAN>\n" );
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