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\n" ); document.write( " Pat is 3 times as old as she was 14 years ago. In 7 years, she will be 4 times as old as she was 14 years ago. How old is she now? \n" ); document.write( "
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Pat is 3 times as old as she was 14 years ago. In 7 years, she will be 4 times as old as she was 14 years ago.
\n" ); document.write( " How old is she now?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let a = Pat's age now
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for each statement, simplify:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"Pat is 3 times as old as she was 14 years ago.\"
\n" ); document.write( "a = 3(a-14)
\n" ); document.write( "a = 3a - 42
\n" ); document.write( "42 = 3a - a
\n" ); document.write( "42 = 2a
\n" ); document.write( "a = 42/2
\n" ); document.write( "a = 21 yrs now
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\n" ); document.write( "\" In 7 years, she will be 4 times as old as she was 14 years ago.'
\n" ); document.write( "a + 7 = 4(a-14)
\n" ); document.write( "a + 7 = 4a - 56
\n" ); document.write( "a = 4a - 56 - 7
\n" ); document.write( "a = 4a - 63
\n" ); document.write( "63 = 4a - a
\n" ); document.write( "63 = 3a
\n" ); document.write( "a = 63/3
\n" ); document.write( "a = 21 yrs now, which we already knew.\r
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