document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=938061>Question 938061</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi! Please help me solve this age related problem: When the father was 36 years old, his son was 8 years old. If the father is now 3 times as old as his son, how old is the son? The only thing I do is the listing method, but do you have any faster strategies for this? Thanks a lot!  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "When the father was 36 years old, his son was 8 years old.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From this statement, we know their age difference<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = s + 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write an equation for the statement<BR>\n" );
document.write( " \"If the father is now 3 times as old as his son, how old is the son?\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "f = 3s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace f with (s+28)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s + 28 = 3s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28 = 3s - s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "28 = 2s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 28/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 14 yrs is the son </SPAN>\n" );
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