Question 130032: hi
im dawn marie
my question is
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?
please answer my question...
Answer by bucky(2189)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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
years that have gone by since then. This means that Jen is now 25 + x years old and her
son is x years old.
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If you take 3 times her sons present age and subtract 7 from that, the result is Jen's present age.
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We can write an equation that says exactly that: three times her son's age less 7 is 3x - 7
and this is equal to Jen's present age of 25 + x. In equation form this is:
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3x - 7 = 25 + x
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Get rid of the x on the right side by subtracting x from both sides and you have:
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2x - 7 = 25
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Get rid of the -7 on the left side by adding 7 to both sides to reduce the equation to:
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2x = 32
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Solve for x by dividing both sides of this equation by 2 and you have:
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x = 16
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16 years have gone by since her son was born. Since Jen was 25 when he was born, that means
that Jen is now 41 years old (25 + 16).
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Check: is 41 equal to three times her son's age less 7 years. Her son is 16 and 3 times 16
is 48 and take away 7 results in 41. Works OK, so our answer is correct.
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem.
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