document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1153091>Question 1153091</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> thirty years from now Jose will be eight Times as old as he was12 years ago<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be his age 12 years ago; then 8x will be his age 30 years from now.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference between 8x and x is 7x; the difference between 12 years ago and 30 years from now is 42 years.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So 7x = 42; x = 6.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "His age 12 years ago was x = 6; so his current age is 18.<br><BR>\n" );
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