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20 years from now Tom will be 4 times older than his current age. What is his current age?
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Let Tom's age be T
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document.write( "Four times OLDER means: 4T + T = 5T
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document.write( "T + 20 = 5T
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document.write( "20 = 4T
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document.write( "T, or Tom is:  \n" );
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