document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=731060>Question 731060</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Anne is now 3 times as old as she was 3 years before she was half as old as now. How old is anne?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " as old as now. How old is anne? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = 3(.5a-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 1.5a - 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9 = 1.5a - a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9 = .5a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 18 is her age now<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution in original equation </SPAN>\n" );
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