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#1 User is offline   bloOdayz 

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Posted 11 July 2006 - 05:09 PM

loretta's age in 3 years will be 3 times what it was 13 years ago.

how old is loretta now? biggrin.gif
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 05:12 PM

okay im thinking let me edit this when i try to figure it out LOL!

this is hard >_>

edit -
i surrender T_T

48?!
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#3 User is offline   Classic Example 

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Posted 11 July 2006 - 05:25 PM

How old was she 13 years ago? xD Hahaha.
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#4 User is offline   JoeyC 

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Posted 11 July 2006 - 05:31 PM

imma lose sleep over this one
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 05:39 PM

haha *thinking* this better not be one of those answers that are right underneath your nose but we miss it cuz we're thinking too hard.
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 06:02 PM

I was chewing on my fingernails while doing this and plus my brain was frying. xD After frying my brain to the point I almost jumped out the window:

My final answer is ...TT__TT

Crap I don't have an answer. >.>

OMG. *DIES*

-edit-

*revives*

Okay I'm like; my brain is about to explode. I shall stop for now. LOL


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Posted 11 July 2006 - 06:07 PM

36 haha, im i right? or not
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 06:20 PM

thehehe
i think i got it!!
is she like 21 right now?

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#9 User is offline   bloOdayz 

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Posted 11 July 2006 - 06:28 PM

^ yup! happygirl2484 got the answer! =D
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 06:28 PM

ah, i tried to think of the answer and i quit after reading it twice...





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Posted 11 July 2006 - 06:55 PM

I would've never guessed.
heehee.. how's it 21?
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 07:25 PM

I got 18. Dx Maybe I did the math wrong...--;
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 07:47 PM

where is the explanation?
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 09:07 PM

lets see...
it should be
x=age of loretta
then
x+3=3(x-13)
x+3=3x-42
x=3x-42
-2x=--42
x=21

she s 21 now...

21+3=24

24=(21-13)*3?
24=8*3
24=24

Conclusion: Loretta is 21 years old now...

may i know what is so hard bout it??maybe u ppl left hight school for too long lol







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Posted 11 July 2006 - 09:11 PM

^that's pretty much what I did. And I got 21.
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 09:17 PM

QUOTE(noraesonagi @ Jul 11 2006, 10:11 PM) View Post

^that's pretty much what I did. And I got 21.

yeap me too.
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#17 User is offline   calamity_ 

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Posted 11 July 2006 - 09:38 PM

QUOTE(Steven_Master2008 @ Jul 11 2006, 11:07 PM) View Post

lets see...
it should be
x=age of loretta
then
x+3=3(x-13)
x+3=3x-42
x=3x-42
-2x=--42
x=21

she s 21 now...

21+3=24

24=(21-13)*3?
24=8*3
24=24

Conclusion: Loretta is 21 years old now...

may i know what is so hard bout it??maybe u ppl left hight school for too long lol


Woww.. It's like algebra all over again.

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Posted 12 July 2006 - 04:43 AM

I'm too lazy to think about the answer but thanks for the answer.. =)
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 05:27 AM

Haha yay, I got it. I'm glad I haven't forgotten my math over the summer yet.
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Posted 12 July 2006 - 05:31 AM

haha i got it ;]

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