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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Three years from now a man will be three times as old as his son will be. Two years ago he was four times as old as his son was. How old are they now?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #743386 by ikleyn(52787)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Let x be the son's age now;  let y be the man's age now.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then in three years\r\n" );
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document.write( "y+3 = 3*(x+3).     (1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is your first equation.  The second equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "y-2 = 4*(x-2).     (2)     <<<---===  It describes what happened 2 years ago . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "To solve this system of equation, I will apply the Substitution method.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From equation (1), I express  y = 3*(x+3) - 3  and substitute it into equation (2). Then I get a single equation for only one unknown x,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which is easy to solve :\r\n" );
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document.write( "(3*(x+3) -3) - 2 = 4*(x-2).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve it step by step\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x + 9 - 3 - 2 = 4x - 8\r\n" );
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document.write( "9 - 3 + 8 - 2 = 4x - 3x\r\n" );
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document.write( "12 = x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The son is 12 years old.  The man is  y = 3*(x+3)-3 = 3*(12+3) - 3 = 3*15 - 3 = 42 years old.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Maddie, if you have difficulties in understanding and solving age word problems, then you may find useful for you
\n" ); document.write( "to look into the collection of my lessons on this subject in this site.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "They are\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Really intricate age word problem\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r
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