document.write( "Question 1150446: Corey is 58 years younger than Catherine. 9 years ago, Catherine's age was 3 times Corey's age. How old is Corey now \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let Corey is x years old now.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then Catherine's age is (x+58) years.\r\n" );
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document.write( "9 years ago . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "    (x+58)-9 = 3*(x-9)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 49 = 3x - 27\r\n" );
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document.write( "    49 + 27 = 3x - x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    76      = 2x\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x      = 76/2 = 38.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Corey now is 38 years old.\r\n" );
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