SOLUTION: 15 year later Harry age will be thrice of his age 5year ago. Find Harrys present age

Question 1003474: 15 year later Harry age will be thrice of his age 5year ago. Find Harrys present age
Found 2 solutions by fractalier, Boreal:
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call Harry's age NOW, h.
We can write
h + 15 = 3(h - 5) so that
h + 15 = 3h - 15
Collecting like terms and solving we get
30 = 2h and
h = 15
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
age now is x
x+15=3(x-5)
x+15=3x-15
30=2x
x=15 years ANSWER
five years ago he was 10, and 15 years from now, he will be 30.

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