document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=966438>Question 966438</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In sixty two years time I will be three times as old as I was eight years ago. How old am I now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " In sixty two years time I will be three times as old as I was eight years ago.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + 62 = 3(a - 8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + 62 = 3a - 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "62 + 24 = 3a - a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a = 86<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 86/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 43 yr now<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if that checks out in the given statement<BR>\n" );
document.write( "43 + 62 = 3(43 - 8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "105 = 3(35)\r<BR>\n" );
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