document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1190874>Question 1190874</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Loraine is eighteen years older than her cousin. She was three times as old one year ago.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How old are they now?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c = cousin's current age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c+18 = Loraine's current age, since she is 18 years older.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rewinding the clock 1 year ago, we have these past ages<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c-1 = cousin's past age<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c+18)-1 = c+17 = Loraine's past age\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Last year she was 3 times as old as her cousin, so,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "her past age = 3*(cousin's past age)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c+17 = 3*(c-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c+17 = 3c-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17+3 = 3c-c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 = 2c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2c = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 20/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Her cousin is currently 10 years old.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Loraine is currently c+18 = 10+18 = 28 years old.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One year ago, her cousin was 10-1 = 9 years old and Loraine was 28-1 = 27 years old.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The jump from 9 to 27 is \"times 3\" to help fully confirm we have the correct ages.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Loraine is currently 28 years old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Her cousin is currently 10 years old<BR>\n" );
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