SOLUTION: 20 years from now Tom will be 4 times older than his current age. What is his current age?

Question 1068926: 20 years from now Tom will be 4 times older than his current age. What is his current age?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let his current age be x
x+20 = 4x
20 = 3x
x = 20/3
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
20 years from now Tom will be 4 times older than his current age. What is his current age?

Let Tom's age be T
Four times OLDER means: 4T + T = 5T
T + 20 = 5T
20 = 4T
T, or Tom is:
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