SOLUTION: in 10 years, frederick will be thrice as old as he was 8 years ago. How old is he know?
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Question 748481: in 10 years, frederick will be thrice as old as he was 8 years ago. How old is he know?
Answer by nilan(17) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the frederic age is x now
so 8 years ago his age was x-8
in 10 years his age will be x+10
in 10 years, frederick will be thrice as old as he was 8 years ago
which means
so he is 17 years old now
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