document.write( "Question 725228: maya is now three times as old as she was two years ago.How old is she now???????????/
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Algebra.Com's Answer #444048 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+x+\"$ = her present age
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+3%2A%28+x+-+2+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+3x+-+6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+=+6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+3+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "She is 3 now
\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( "2 yrs ago she was 1 yr old
\n" ); document.write( "She is now 3 times that -OK
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