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Write the given sentence as an question Tim'S age in 7 years will be three times whatit was 19 years ago

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The first thing we will do in this case is define variables:
x = Tim'S age
We have then:
"Tim's age in 7 years will be three times what it was 19 years ago"
x + 7 = 3 * (x-19)
rewriting the equation:
x + 7 = 3x-57
Answer:

An equation for the given sentence is:

x + 7 = 3x-57


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