SOLUTION: Karen is three times as old as she was eight years ago. How old is she now?

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Question 1085152: Karen is three times as old as she was eight years ago. How old is she now?
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Karen is three times as old as she was eight years ago. How old is she now?
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8 yrs ago she was x years old
x + 8 = 3x
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She's 12