document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1017124>Question 1017124</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Twice peters age now is the same as tree times his age two years ago, how old is Peter now </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "P=Peter's age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2P=3(P-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2P=3P-9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9=P<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: Peter is 9 years old<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Three years ago Peter was 6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 times six is eighteen.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two times Peter's age now is two times nine or eighteen,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "which equals 3 times his age three years ago.<BR>\n" );
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