document.write( "Question 1152958: Stephen is 64 years younger than Wendy. 7 years ago, Wendy's age was 3 times Stephen's age. How old is Stephen now? \n" ); document.write( "

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Stephen is 64 years younger than Wendy. 7 years ago, Wendy's age was 3 times Stephen's age. How old is Stephen now?
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This is EXTREMELY SIMPLE....much, much SIMPLER than the other person makes it out to be. Plus, the question asks for STEPHEN'S AGE, not Wendy's!
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document.write( "Let Stephen's age be S
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document.write( "Then Wendy's is: S + 64
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document.write( "We then get: S + 64 - 7 = 3(S - 7)
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document.write( "S + 57 = 3S - 21
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document.write( "S - 3S = - 21 - 57
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document.write( "- 2S = - 78
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document.write( "S, or  \n" );
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