document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=711618>Question 711618</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in 8 years, barry will be 2 times as old as he is now. how old is he now\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the present age of barry be  'B' years\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After 8 years, age of barry = B + 8 = 2B or <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 8 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore , present age of Barry is 8 years<BR>\n" );
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