document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=18916>Question 18916</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could you please explain how to write this problem in an equation?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bob is 4 years younger than 3 times Jerry's age. Together their ages add to 32. How old are Bob and Jerry? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "My mother figured out that the answer is that Bob is 23 and Jerry is 9 but she did not know how to set it up in algebaic form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I appreciate your help. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Jerry = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bob = 3x-4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+(3x-4) = 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-4+4=32+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x/4=36/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x9-4 = 23<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Therefore jerry is 9 years old and bob is 23 years old.\r<BR>\n" );
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