document.write( "Question 682081: Lina is twice as old as Ana while Laarni is 24 years younger than Lina.If half of Lina's age six years ago was three less than one-half the sum of Ana's age in four years and Laarni's present age,find the ages of each. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #423036 by JBarnum(2146)\"\" \"About 
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I love age word problems
\n" ); document.write( "anyway
\n" ); document.write( "i always use first letter of names so its not so confusing
\n" ); document.write( "well unless they double i will use another letter
\n" ); document.write( "L=Lina
\n" ); document.write( "A=Ana
\n" ); document.write( "I=Laarni
\n" ); document.write( "\"L=2A\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"I=L-24\"
\n" ); document.write( "(wow this is a horrible question please smack the creator of this question)
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28L-6%29%2F2=%28%28%28A-4%29%2BI%29%2F2%29-3\" woowee that is a mind buster but im sure i got it right
\n" ); document.write( "ok so if \"L=2A\" substitute (L) in \"I=L-24\" which is \"I=2A-24\"
\n" ); document.write( "now you have what (L) and (I) equal so replace them in the long equation
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%28L%29-6%29%2F2=%28%28%28A-4%29%2Bhighlight%28I%29%29%2F2%29-3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28highlight%282A%29-6%29%2F2=%28%28%28A-4%29%2Bhighlight%282A-24%29%29%2F2%29-3\" divide by 2 an left side and add like terms on right side
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28A-3%29=%28%283A-28%29%2F2%29-3\" add 3 to each side
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=%283A-28%29%2F2\" multiply by 2
\n" ); document.write( "\"2A=3A-28\" subtract 2A and add 28 to both sides
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%2828=A%29\" now that you have what (A) equals you can solve for the others
\n" ); document.write( "\"L=2A\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"L=2%2828%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28L=56%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"I=L-24\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"I=56-24\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28I=32%29\"\r
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