SOLUTION: Mr. Martin is four times as old as his son, who is eight years old. When his son was four years old, how many times older than his son was mr. Martin. Please help me

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Question 1066154: Mr. Martin is four times as old as his son, who is eight years old. When his son was four years old, how many times older than his son was mr. Martin.

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Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
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Mr. Martin is 4%2A8=32 years old.
His son is 8 now, and was 4
8-4=4 years ago.
At that time Mr. Martin was
32-4=28 ,
so he was 28%2F4=7 times older than his son.