SOLUTION: eight years from now, a person's age will be four-thirds of what it was 6 years ago. how old is the person now

Question 170755: eight years from now, a person's age will be four-thirds of what it was 6 years ago. how old is the person now
Found 2 solutions by Mathtut, checkley77:
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
lets call the person a
a+8=4/3(a-6)multiply terms by 3
:
3a+24=4a-24
:
years old today

Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+8=4/3(x-6)
x+8=(4x-24)/3
3(x+8)=4x-24
3x+24=4x-24
3x-4x=-24-24
-x=-48
x=48 years old now.
Proof:
48+8=4/3(48-6)
56=4/3*42
56=168/3
56=56
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