document.write( "Question 1047996: Rea is 20 years older than Tina. Sixteen years ago, Rea was three times as old as Tina was then. How old are Rea and Tina now?
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let r = Rea's age now
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Rea is 20 years older than Tina.
\n" ); document.write( "r = t + 20
\n" ); document.write( " Sixteen years ago, Rea was three times as old as Tina was then.
\n" ); document.write( "r - 16 = 3(t-16)
\n" ); document.write( "r - 16 = 3t - 48
\n" ); document.write( "r = 3t - 48 + 16
\n" ); document.write( "r = 3t - 32
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\n" ); document.write( "replace r with (t+20)
\n" ); document.write( "t + 20 = 3t - 32
\n" ); document.write( "20 + 32 = 3t - t
\n" ); document.write( "52 = 2t
\n" ); document.write( "t = 52/2
\n" ); document.write( "t = 26 yrs is Tina's age
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\n" ); document.write( "r = 26 + 20
\n" ); document.write( "r = 46 yrs is Rea's age
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\n" ); document.write( "46 - 16 = 3(26 - 16)
\n" ); document.write( "30 = 3(10)
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