document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1143580>Question 1143580</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man is 40 years old and his son is 8 years old. in hiw many years will the man be 3 times as old as his son will be then? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Man will be 40+x, son 8+x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The man is 3 times the age of his son then, so that 40+x=3(8+x)=3x+24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8 years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "man will be 48 and son 16.<BR>\n" );
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