document.write( "Question 1062269: Sean is 26 years old. He is 8 years older than John. How many years ago was Sean's age three time John's age? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Sean is 26 years old. He is 8 years older than John. How many years ago was Sean's age three time John's age?
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Since Sean is 26, and is 8 years older than John, then John is 26 - 8, or 18 years-old.
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document.write( "Let years ago that Sean was 3 times John's age, be y
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document.write( "We then get: 26 - y = 3(18 - y)
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document.write( "26 - y = 54 - 3y
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document.write( "- y + 3y = 54 - 26
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document.write( "2y = 28
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document.write( "y, or years ago that Sean was 3 times John's age = 
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document.write( "See how easy that was....nothing COMPLEX or CONFUSING! \n" );
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