SOLUTION: KAREN IS THREE TIMES AS OLD AS AS SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO. HOW OLD IS SHE NOW?

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Question 226580: KAREN IS THREE TIMES AS OLD AS AS SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO. HOW OLD IS SHE NOW?
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WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING AT US? DID WE DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE YOU REACT IN SUCH AN ANNOYING AND RUDE MANNER? All CAPS is the electronic equivalent of shouting and it is very unpleasant to be on the receiving end of such behavior.

Let represent Karen's age now. Eight years ago she would have been years old.

Her age now () is (meaning =) three times as old as she was eight years ago, (), so write:



Solve for .

John