document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=575153>Question 575153</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a 48 year old man is two times as old as his son. How old was the father when he was three times as old as his son? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "father = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "son = 24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(48+x) = 3(24+x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 + x = 72 + 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = -24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Father was 48-12 = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Son was 24-12 = 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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