SOLUTION: If I subtract from twicemy present age three times my age six years ago, I get my present. What is my age ?

SOLUTION: If I subtract from twicemy present age three times my age six years ago, I get my present. What is my age ?

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Question 644825: If I subtract from twicemy present age three times my age six years ago, I get my present. What is my age ?
Answer by sachi(548) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let my present age=x
six yrs ago=x-6
now 2x-3(x-6)=x
or 2x-3x+18=x
or 2x=18 or x=9 yrs
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