document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1188913>Question 1188913</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My father is 12 years more than twice my age. In 16 years, my father’s age will be 30 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "years less than three times my age. Find my age and my father’s age<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1) define a variable<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x = your age (now)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) use that variable to define expressions for the other numbers in the problem (your age 16 years from now; and your father's age now, and 16 years from now)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+12 = your father's age now<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+16 = your age 16 years from now<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x+12)+16 = 2x+28 = your father's age 16 years from now<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) Use those expressions to write an equation using the given information<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"In 16 years, my father’s age will be 30 years less than three times my age.\"<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rewrite that to put it exactly in terms of the expressions you have defined:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My father's age 16 years from now will be (is) 30 less than three times my age then (16 years from now):<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+28 = 3(x+16)-30<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4) solve using basic algebra<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I leave that to you....<br><BR>\n" );
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