document.write( "Question 507165: In 25 years, James will be three times as old as he was 10 years ago. How old is he now? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #340356 by Edwin McCravy(20056) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "J+25 = 3(J-10)  Solve that and get \r\n" );
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document.write( "It doesn't come out a whole number of years.  But it's correct.\r\n" );
document.write( "Because if James is  now, in 25 years he will be .\r\n" );
document.write( "10 years ago he was  and if you multiply  by\r\n" );
document.write( "3 you will get .  So  is correct if you\r\n" );
document.write( "copied the problem correctly.\r\n" );
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