document.write( "Question 517980: if a father is 22 and his son is 2, how many years will it be until the father is 3 times older than the son? how did you solve that? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #344990 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+x+\"$ = the number of years until
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+22+%2B+x+=+3%2A%28+2+%2B+x+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+22+%2B+x+=+6+%2B+3x+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+=+16+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+8+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "In 8 years the father will be 3 times older than the son
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\n" ); document.write( "In 8 years the father will be 22 + 8 = 30
\n" ); document.write( "In 8 years the son will be 2 + 8 = 10
\n" ); document.write( "The father will be 3 times older
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