document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=622976>Question 622976</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Paul and his brothers Ted and Al worked out one day that their father was 3 times as old as Ted. Also that, in three years time, he would be three times as old as Paul would be, and that in 6 years time he would be twice as old as Al would be. Al was two years older than Ted.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How old is their father?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #391775 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=391775\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write an equation for each statement:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Paul and his brothers Ted and Al worked out one day that their father was 3 times as old as Ted.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f + 3t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also that, in three years time, he would be three times as old as Paul would be,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f + 3 = 3(p+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f + 3 = 3p + 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 3p + 9 - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 3p + 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and that in 6 years time he would be twice as old as Al would be.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f + 6 = 2(a+6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f + 6 = 2a + 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 2a + 12 - 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 2a + 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Al was two years older than Ted.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = t + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In the equation f = 2a + 6 replace f with 3t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3t = 2a + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Replace a with (t+2),find t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3t = 2(t+2) + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3t = 2t + 4 + 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3t - 2t = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 10 yrs is Teds present age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(10) = 30 yrs is father's age, which all they wish to know<BR>\n" );
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