SOLUTION: Five years ago, Allen was two years older than 5/6 of his ago today. What is his age today?
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Question 999191: Five years ago, Allen was two years older than 5/6 of his ago today. What is his age today?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call his age today, x. Thus,
x - 5 = 2 + (5/6)x
Collecting like terms, we get
(1/6)x = 7
x = 42 years old today
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