document.write( "Question 481702: In four years tme, I shall be five times as old as I was sixteen years ago. How old am I? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #329815 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! In four years time, I shall be five times as old as I was sixteen years ago. How old am I? \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Let your present age = a \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "a + 4 = 5(a - 16) \n" ); document.write( "a + 4 = 5a - 80 \n" ); document.write( "4 + 80 = 5a - a \n" ); document.write( "84 = 4a \n" ); document.write( "a = \n" ); document.write( "a = 21 is your present age \n" ); document.write( " |