document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=253180>Question 253180</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> billy said, fifteen years from now, i shall be four times as old as i am now. how old is billy? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Billy said, fifteen years from now, i shall be four times as old as i am now.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    x+15 = 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      15 = 4x-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "      15 = 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       x = 15/3 = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore the age of Billy now is 5 years </SPAN>\n" );
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