document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=917732>Question 917732</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if lucy was three times as old as she was four years ago she will be fourteen more than her current age. how old is lucy<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let a = Lucy's present age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a-4) = Her age 4 yrs ago<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for just what it says<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(a-4) = a + 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a - 12 = a + 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a - a = 14 + 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a = 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 26/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 13 yrs is her present age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can confirm this by replacing a with 13 in the original equation </SPAN>\n" );
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