document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=968313>Question 968313</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Joan's mother is 3 times as old as Joan.  Joan was born when her mother was 22.  Hold old is Joan today?  How old is her mother?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I haven't had to do one of these in 20 years.  So I am guessing its solving for X and Y.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am stumped </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=Joan's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=Mother's age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-x=22 (mother is 22 yrs older than Joan)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Joan's age=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mother's age=33 </SPAN>\n" );
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