document.write( "Question 523579: In 30 years I will be 1.5 times as old as I am now. How old am I now?
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document.write( "No!  You're adding 30 more years to your future age when you are\r\n" );
document.write( "1.5 times your present age, so that would represent your age 60 years \r\n" );
document.write( "from now!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Here's how to think it through how to set up the equation:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add 30 years to your present age, which is x, and you'll get 1.5 times\r\n" );
document.write( "your present age.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In 30 years I will be 1.5 times as old as I am now. How old am I now?\r\n" );
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document.write( "                      x + 30 = 1.5x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get x = 60.  You are 60 years old?\r\n" );
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document.write( "(You surely don't look that old!)\r\n" );
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