SOLUTION: if a teacher is 37 years old and one of her students is 11 years old, when will she be twice as old as her student?

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Question 1043843: if a teacher is 37 years old and one of her students is 11 years old, when will she be twice as old as her student?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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if a teacher is 37 years old and one of her students is 11 years old, when will she be twice as old as her student?
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Let the answer be "x"::
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37 + x = 2(11+x)
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37 + x = 22 + 2x
x = 15 years
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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