document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=999537>Question 999537</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Adam is 10 years younger than Barry and Charles is 10 years older than Barry. If Charles is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "three times older than Adam, find each boy's age.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you could help me set up the problem I am sure to figure it out. this is what i have so far.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b-10=a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c+10=b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a=c\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is that set up right? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Everything you have done is technically correct, but you are probably going to confuse the hell out of yourself using three variables -- certainly confuses me.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try it this way:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent Adam's age.  Then Barry's age is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ 10\">, and Charles' age is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ 20\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you can say:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3x\ =\ x\ +\ 20\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \ \\r\"> </SPAN>\n" );
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