SOLUTION: I'm three times as old as you were when I was as old as you are now. When you will be my age, together we will be 13370 years old. How old am I?

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Question 1073375: I'm three times as old as you were when I was as old as you are now. When you will be my age, together we will be 13370 years old.
How old am I?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let M = my age now
Let Y = your age now

I'm three times as old as you were when I was as old as you are now.
Change the wording "as old as you are now" to "your age".
(It's easier to see when you reduce the number words.)

I'm three times as old as you were when I was your age.
Let x = the number of years ago it's been since I was your age.
(Note that this is the same as the difference in their ages.)

Then x years ago I was Y, so

M-x = Y 

and also, x years ago you were Y-x, and my age now, M, is
3 times that, or 3(Y-x).  Therefore:

M = 3(Y-x)

When you will be my age, together we will be 13370 years old.
x years from now I will be M+x and you will be Y+x, so we
add those together and set that equal to 13370

(M+x)+(Y+x) = 13370

So we have 3 equations and 3 unknowns:



Solve that system and you get:

M=5730, Y=3820, x=1910 

So I am 5730 years old.  (Pretty old, so tell us how the pyramids
were built! ha ha)

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That checks because:

I am 1910 years older than you. (Because 5730-3820=1910)

Therefore 1910 years ago I was your age, (Because 5730-1900=3820),
and you were 1910. (Because 3820-1910=1910).

I am now 3 times that (Because 1910 times 3 is 5730).

1910 years from now you will be 5730 (Because 3820+1910=5730, my age),
and I will be 7640 (Because 5730+1910=7640).

And together we will be 13370 years old. (Because 7640+5730=13370).

I have a hunch the number 13370 was copied wrong.  Use the correct
number and solve it as above.

Edwin

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