SOLUTION: �I am four times as old as you were when I was the same age as you are now. I am forty years old, how old are you?�

Question 201940: �I am four times as old as you were when I was the same age as you are now. I am forty years old, how old are you?�
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = my age now
given:
Other person'a age is
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Assume the other person is older, in
other words, I am younger than
I will always be (other person's age) - (difference in our ages)
The difference in the ages is always

I am 25 years old
check answer:
when the other person was my age, I was

and

OK
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