SOLUTION: I need help with the question below. I do not know where to start with this question. "John spent a quarter of his life as a boy growing up, a sixth of his life in college, and

Question 273518: I need help with the question below. I do not know where to start with this question.
"John spent a quarter of his life as a boy growing up, a sixth of his life in college, and a half of his life as a teacher. He spent the last 6 years in retirement. How old was he when he died?"
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let be his age when he died
growing up
in college
as a teacher
yrs retired
Now I can write the equation:

Multliply both sides by

He was 72 when he died
check:

Multiply both sides by

Divide both sides by

OK
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