document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=991158>Question 991158</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 12 yrs ago I was one-third the age that I will be 8 years from now. how old am I today?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x= how old he is now.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-12=1/3x+8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1/3=-1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/3x=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "*3/2x=20*3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=30 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #611148 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=611148\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i think you had the right idea, but you got lost in the math.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "here's how it works.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = your age now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 12 = your age 12 years ago<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 8 = your age 8 years from now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 years ago, you were 1/3 * the age that you will be 8 years from now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the formula is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 12 = 1/3 * (x + 8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply both sides of this equation by 3 and you get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 * (x - 12) = 3 * 1/3 * (x + 8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplify to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - 36 = x + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract x from both sides of the equation and add 36 to both sides of the equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - x = x + 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "simplify to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 44<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides of the equation by 2 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you are 22 years of age today.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 years ago you were 10.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 years from now you will be 30.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 is 1/3 * 30.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that's your solution.<BR>\n" );
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