SOLUTION: billy said, fifteen years from now, i shall be four times as old as i am now. how old is billy?
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Question 253180: billy said, fifteen years from now, i shall be four times as old as i am now. how old is billy?
Answer by palanisamy(496) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the age of Billy now be x.
Billy said, fifteen years from now, i shall be four times as old as i am now.
x+15 = 4x
15 = 4x-x
15 = 3x
x = 15/3 = 5
Therefore the age of Billy now is 5 years
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