document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=535162>Question 535162</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Alex is three times as old as Aaron. If their age total 84 years, how old is Aaron? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Their total age is 84 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So you would add Alex and Aaron's ages to get the total of 84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You don't know either of their ages; you just know that Alex is 3 years older<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, you would use a variable to represent their ages<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Aaron's age would be n and Alex's would be 3n because he is three years older<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your equation would be 84=3n+n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then you would add 3n and n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84=4n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then you would divide both sides by 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So n=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that is the last step because Aaron's age was represented by the variable<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(if you were finding Alex's age, you would have to multiply 21 by 3, because Aaron's age is 21 and Alex is 3 years older)  </SPAN>\n" );
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