document.write( "Question 633692: one-half of leo's age two years from now plus one-third of his age three years ago is Twenty-Five years.how old is he now? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #399059 by Maths68(1474)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let \n" ); document.write( "Present age of Leo = x years old\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Two years from now \n" ); document.write( "Leo will be = x+2 years old \n" ); document.write( "One-half of Leo's age then = (x+2)/2 \n" ); document.write( "Three Year's ago \n" ); document.write( "Leo was = x-3 years old \n" ); document.write( "One-third of Leo's age then = (x-3)/3\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One-half of Leo's age from now + One-third of Leo's age three years ago = 25 \n" ); document.write( "(x+2)/2+(x-3)/3=25 \n" ); document.write( "Take LCD \n" ); document.write( "(3(x+2)+2(x-3))/6=25 \n" ); document.write( "(3x+6+2x-6)/6=25 \n" ); document.write( "5x/6=25 \n" ); document.write( "5x=25*6 \n" ); document.write( "5x=150 \n" ); document.write( "x=150/5 \n" ); document.write( "x=30\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Present age of Leo = x = 30 years old\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |