document.write( "Question 1008918: Paul is Twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5 years older than Mary. In 5 years, Paul will be three times as old as Mary. How old is Peter now
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let a = Paul's age
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for each statement
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\n" ); document.write( "Paul is Twice as old as his friend Peter.
\n" ); document.write( "a = 2p
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\n" ); document.write( " Peter is 5 years older than Mary.
\n" ); document.write( "p = m + 5
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\n" ); document.write( "m = p - 5
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\n" ); document.write( " In 5 years, Paul will be three times as old as Mary.
\n" ); document.write( "a + 5 = 3(m+5)
\n" ); document.write( "a + 5 = 3m + 15
\n" ); document.write( "a = 3m + 15 - 5
\n" ); document.write( "a = 3m + 10
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\n" ); document.write( " How old is Peter now
\n" ); document.write( "In the above equation, replace a with 2p, replace m with (p-5)
\n" ); document.write( "2p = 3(p-5) + 10
\n" ); document.write( "2p = 3p - 15 + 10
\n" ); document.write( "2p - 3p = -5
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\n" ); document.write( " p = 5 yrs is Peter's age now
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\n" ); document.write( "This does not seem right because then Mary's age is 0, Paul is 10
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