<PRE><B>Question 1188913</B>
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(1) define a variable&lt;br&gt;
let x = your age (now)&lt;br&gt;
(2) use that variable to define expressions for the other numbers in the problem (your age 16 years from now; and your father&#39;s age now, and 16 years from now)&lt;br&gt;
2x+12 = your father&#39;s age now&lt;br&gt;
x+16 = your age 16 years from now
(2x+12)+16 = 2x+28 = your father&#39;s age 16 years from now&lt;br&gt;
(3) Use those expressions to write an equation using the given information&lt;br&gt;
&quot;In 16 years, my father’s age will be 30 years less than three times my age.&quot;&lt;br&gt;
Rewrite that to put it exactly in terms of the expressions you have defined:&lt;br&gt;
My father&#39;s age 16 years from now will be (is) 30 less than three times my age then (16 years from now):&lt;br&gt;
2x+28 = 3(x+16)-30&lt;br&gt;
(4) solve using basic algebra&lt;br&gt;
I leave that to you....&lt;br&gt;
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