document.write( "Question 1068168: my father is 23 years older than me In 15 years ge will be triple my age today. How Old am I\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I keep getting stuck in the equation I make the father X and the child Y\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "therefore x=y+23, after 15 years x = 3 x y\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(x+15) = 3 x (y +15)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then I get completely lost, tried to put it in table form, no answer is the same.\r
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my father is 23 years older than me In 15 years ge will be triple my age today. How Old am I
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\n" ); document.write( "In 15 yrs:
\n" ); document.write( "F = 3*(Y-15)
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\n" ); document.write( "3Y-45 = Y + 23
\n" ); document.write( "2Y = 68
\n" ); document.write( "YOU will 34 in 15 years
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\n" ); document.write( "Now you're 19, he's 42
\n" ); document.write( "He'll be 57 in 15 years, = 3*19
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