document.write( "Question 943166: How old is Bernie if next year he will be twice as old as he was seven years ago \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "You can do it with or without algebra.  Here are both ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Without algebra:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next year he'll be twice as old as he was 8 years ago, which means he'll\r\n" );
document.write( "be 16 next year, so he's 15 this year.\r\n" );
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document.write( "With algebra:\r\n" );
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document.write( "B+1 = 2(B-7)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get B=15.\r\n" );
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