document.write( "Question 1175132: Age Practice Problem\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jesse is 83 years old. Rosa is 32 years old. How many years ago was Jesse's age 4 times Rosa's age?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "let Jesse ‘s age be $\"J\"$ and Rosa's age $\"R\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "given that
\n" ); document.write( " $\"J=83\"$ now
\n" ); document.write( " $\"R=32\"$
\n" ); document.write( "How many years ago was Jesse's age $\"4\"$ times Rosa's age?
\n" ); document.write( "let the number of years be $\"x\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"J-x=4%28R-x%29\"$ ....substitute given values
\n" ); document.write( " $\"83-x=4%2832-x%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"83-x=128-4x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x-x=128-83\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3x=45\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=45%2F3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=15\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "answer:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"15\"$ years ago Jesse's age $\"4\"$ was times Rosa's age
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