document.write( "Question 1172020: lori was 25 years old when her son jamie was born. in how many years will lori be five years less than three times jamie’s age? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the number of years when this event will happen.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the Jamie's age is x years;   Lori's age is (x+25),\r\n" );
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document.write( "and the equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 25 = 3x - 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the equation,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    25 + 5 = 3x - x\r\n" );
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document.write( "      30   = 2x\r\n" );
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document.write( "       x   = 30/2 = 15.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  In 15 years.\r\n" );
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