document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=544897>Question 544897</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Melissa is 54 years old and her mother, Katie is 80. How many years ago was her mother, three times the age of her daughter, Melissa? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #355336 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=355336\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Melissa = 54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Katie = 80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let her mother be 3 times x years ago\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(80-x)=3(54-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80-x=162-3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=162-80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=41\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Katie = 80-41=39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Melissa=54-41=13 </SPAN>\n" );
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