document.write( "Question 685994: Age is something I am proud of said grandfather. \"I would be as old now as six times my age six years from now less six times my age six years ago if I were six years older than I am.\" How old am I? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #424689 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Age is something I am proud of said grandfather. \n" ); document.write( " \"I would be as old now as six times my age six years from now less six times my age six years ago if I were six years older than I am.\" \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "let a = his age now \n" ); document.write( "a + 6 = 6(a+6) - 6(a-6) \n" ); document.write( "a + 6 = 6a + 36 - 6a + 36 \n" ); document.write( "a = 36 + 36 - 6 \n" ); document.write( "a = 72 - 6 \n" ); document.write( "a = 66 yrs old \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Check this \n" ); document.write( "66 + 6 = 6(66+6) - 6(66-6) \n" ); document.write( "72 = 432 - 360\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |