document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=130032>Question 130032</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "im dawn marie<BR>\n" );
document.write( "my question is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "jen was 25 years old when her son was born, her present age is 7 years less than 3  times her son's present age. how old is jen now?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #94978 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=94978\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When Jen's son was born she was 25 yrs old and her son was 0 (not yet 1). Let x be the number of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "years that have gone by since then. This means that Jen is now 25 + x years old and her<BR>\n" );
document.write( "son is x years old.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you take 3 times her sons present age and subtract 7 from that, the result is Jen's present age.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can write an equation that says exactly that: three times her son's age less 7 is 3x - 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and this is equal to Jen's present age of 25 + x. In equation form this is:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x - 7 = 25 + x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Get rid of the x on the right side by subtracting x from both sides and you have:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x - 7 = 25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Get rid of the -7 on the left side by adding 7 to both sides to reduce the equation to:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 32<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x by dividing both sides of this equation by 2 and you have:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16 years have gone by since her son was born. Since Jen was 25 when he was born, that means<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that Jen is now 41 years old (25 + 16).<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check: is 41 equal to three times her son's age less 7 years. Her son is 16 and 3 times 16 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "is 48 and take away 7 results in 41. Works OK, so our answer is correct.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem.<BR>\n" );
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