document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1077375>Question 1077375</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ava's mother is 3 times as old as Ava. Her grandmother is twice as old as Ava's mother. The sum of the numbers is 120. How old are Ava, her mother, and her grandmother?  I figured out the ages, but have no clue how to write the equation.   <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ava is 12.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mother is 36.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Grandmother is 72.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #691839 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=691839\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ava=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mother=3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "grandmother=2(3x)=6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3x+6x=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12 Ava<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=36 Mother<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=72 grandmother </SPAN>\n" );
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