document.write( "Question 492671: Hi there, I have to figure out how old the youngest person will be when I am three times his age. I have done the problem and I keep getting an answer that states how old we were 8 years ago. Currently I am 32 and the youngest person is 16. Please help! I think I am doing it correctly but I just want to make sure I am. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Hi there, I have to figure out how old the youngest person will be when I am three times his age. I have\r\n" );
document.write( "done the problem and I keep getting an answer that states how old we were 8 years ago. Currently I am 32\r\n" );
document.write( "and the youngest person is 16.  Please help!  I think I am doing it correctly but I just want to make sure I am.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Your are correct, as stated by the other person who responded. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number of years when you will be 3 times the youngest person's age, be y\r\n" );
document.write( "Since you're now 32, at that time, you will be 32 + y\r\n" );
document.write( "And, since the youngest person is now 16, at that time, he/she will be 16 + y\r\n" );
document.write( "As you will be 3 times the youngest person's age, then, we get the following equation for the number of years when that will be, as:\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                                                                32 + y = 3(16 + y)\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                                                                32 + y = 48 + 3y\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                                                                  y - 3y = 48 - 32\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                                                                     - 2y = 16\r\n" );
document.write( "Number of years when you'll be THRICE the youngest person's age, or \"y+=+16%2F%28-+2%29+=+highlight%28-+8%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "If you did it this way, you may've been confused by the answer, but it's quite correct. The value of y, - 8, actually indicates that the\r\n" );
document.write( "time when you'll be 3 times the youngest person's age, is - 8, or 8 YEARS AGO.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, 8 years ago, you were 32 - 8 = 24, and the youngest person was: 16 - 8 = 8. You were 24 when he/she was 8, which made you \r\n" );
document.write( "3 times his/her age, 8 years ago (or - 8)
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