SOLUTION: John is 5 times as old as he was 40 years ago so how old is he now/
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Question 426115: John is 5 times as old as he was 40 years ago so how old is he now/
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"John is 5 times as old as he was 40 years ago so how old is he now"
x = his age now
x - 40 = his age 40 years ago
x = 5(x - 40){now, he is five times his age 40 years ago}
x = 5x - 200 {used distributive property}
-4x = -200 {subtracted 5x from both sides}
x = 50 {divided both sides by -4}
John is 50 now
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