SOLUTION: Osei is x year old,five years ago,he was half as old as he is now,how old is he now.

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Question 1185169: Osei is x year old,five years ago,he was half as old as he is now,how old is he now.
Answer by ikleyn(52797)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Formally 


Formally, you write an equation as you read the text


    x - 5 = .


You solve it


    x =  = 5

     = 5

    x = 10.


ANSWER.  Osei is 10 years old.


Solved.


Informally 

Informally, a reader  should guess the answer in 5 - 7 seconds.



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