document.write( "Question 1050852: Cita is six years older than bona and bona is twice as old as Albert. Four years from now cita's age will be 8 years less than the sum of albert's and bona's ages. How old is each now \n" ); document.write( "
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Three people; a, b, c
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for each statement
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\n" ); document.write( "Cita is six years older than bona and
\n" ); document.write( "c = b + 6
\n" ); document.write( " bona is twice as old as Albert.
\n" ); document.write( "b = 2a
\n" ); document.write( "therefore
\n" ); document.write( "c = 2a + 6
\n" ); document.write( " Four years from now cita's age will be 8 years less than the sum of albert's and bona's ages.
\n" ); document.write( "c + 4 = (a+4) + (b+4) - 8
\n" ); document.write( "c + 4 = a + b + 8 - 8
\n" ); document.write( "c + 4 == a + b
\n" ); document.write( "Replace c with (2a+6); replace b with 2a
\n" ); document.write( "(2a+6) + 4 = a + 2a
\n" ); document.write( "10 = 3a - 2a
\n" ); document.write( "a = 10 yrs is Albert's age
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "b = 2(10)
\n" ); document.write( "b = 20 is Bono's age
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\n" ); document.write( "c = 2(10) + 6
\n" ); document.write( "c = 26 yr is Cita's age
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this in the statement
\n" ); document.write( "\" Four years from now cita's age will be 8 years less than the sum of albert's and bona's ages. \"
\n" ); document.write( "26 + 4 = (10+4) + (20+4) - 8
\n" ); document.write( "30 = 14 + 24 - 8
\n" ); document.write( "30 = 14 + 16\r
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