document.write( "Question 1180781: Tom is eight years older than Steve. Three years ago, Steve was two years more than one-third as old as Tom was then. How old is Tom now? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #810574 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Tom is t years old now.
\n" ); document.write( "Steve is t-8 now.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28t-8%29-3=2%2B%28t-3%29%2F3\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"t-11=2%2B%28t-3%29%2F3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3t-33=6%2Bt-3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2t-33=3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2t=36\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28t=18%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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