SOLUTION: Sam's age is 30, which is 6 more than 3 times Adam's age. How old is Adam?

SOLUTION: Sam's age is 30, which is 6 more than 3 times Adam's age. How old is Adam?

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Question 995230: Sam's age is 30, which is 6 more than 3 times Adam's age. How old is Adam?
Answer by doffy(2) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Adam's age be "x".
According to the condition,
30= 3x+6
3x=24
x=24/3
x=8.
Hence Adam is 8 years old.
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