document.write( "Question 1167835: Tim is 6 years older than Scott. Mike's age is 3 times Tim's age. The sum of Tim and Scott's age is 17 years less than Mike's, how old is Scott? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #792433 by josgarithmetic(39616)\"\" \"About 
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TIM t
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "notice that \"s=t-6\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"t%2Bs=m-17\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"t%2Bt-6=3t-17\"----------one equation, one variable; question asked for s, but this equation was easy enough to form.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"s=5\"
\n" ); document.write( "Scott is 5.
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