SOLUTION: Ten years from now Amy will be three times as old as she was four years ago. I got x+10=3x-4. After I solved I got x=7 So her age would be 7+10=17 years right?

Question 814422: Ten years from now Amy will be three times as old as she was four years ago.
I got x+10=3x-4. After I solved I got x=7 So her age would be 7+10=17 years right?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a + 10 = 3(a - 4)
a + 10 = 3a - 12
22 = 2a
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a = 11
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