document.write( "Question 1005792: a log cabin is 24 years old and a friendship quilt is 6 years old. In how many years will the log cabin be three times as old as the friendship quilt?
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Call the number of years in the future, x.
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\n" ); document.write( "24 + x = 3(6 + x)
\n" ); document.write( "24 + x = 18 + 3x
\n" ); document.write( "6 = 2x
\n" ); document.write( "x = 3 years from now \n" ); document.write( "

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