document.write( "Question 962209: Miss Blatnik's students kept trying to guess her age, so she finally gave them a clue: In twelve years, I will be three times as old as I was 32 years ago. How old is Mrs. Blatink's \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #587826 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+x+\"$ = her age now
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+%2B+12+\"$ = her age in 12 yrs
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+-+32+\"$ = her age 32 yrs ago
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\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+%2B+12+=+3%2A%28+x+-+32+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+%2B+12+=+3x+-+96+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+=+108+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+54+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "She is 54
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+%2B+12+=+3%2A%28+x+-+32+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+54+%2B+12+=+3%2A%28+54+-+32+%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+66+=+3%2A22+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+66+=+66+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Ok \n" ); document.write( "

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