SOLUTION: George claims that he is three years less than 3 times as old as his niece Pam will be one year from now . Let p=pams age now. Write an expression to represent George's age. Then s

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Question 986015: George claims that he is three years less than 3 times as old as his niece Pam will be one year from now . Let p=pams age now. Write an expression to represent George's age. Then simplify the expression. If George is 42 years old now , how old will Pam be next year?
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George claims that he is three years less than 3 times as old as his niece Pam will be one year from now .
Let p = Pam's age now. Write an expression to represent George's age.
g = 3(p+1) - 3
Then simplify the expression.
g = 3p + 3 - 3
g = 3p
If George is 42 years old now, how old will Pam be next year?
42 = 3p
p - 42/3
p = 14 yrs now
how old will Pam be next year?
14 + 1 = 15 yrs old next yr