SOLUTION: A movie star, unwilling to give his age, posed the following riddle to a gossip columnist: "8 years ago, I was 15 times as old as my daughter. Now I am 7 times as old as she is." H

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Question 653056: A movie star, unwilling to give his age, posed the following riddle to a gossip columnist: "8 years ago, I was 15 times as old as my daughter. Now I am 7 times as old as she is." How old is the movie star?
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A movie star, unwilling to give his age, posed the following riddle to a gossip columnist: "8 years ago, I was 15 times as old as my daughter. Now I am 7 times as old as she is." How old is the movie star?
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let x= age of daughter now
7x=age of movie star now
8 years ago:
x-8=age of daughter
7x-8=age of movie star
7x-8=15(x-8)
7x-8=15x-120
8x=112
x=112/8=14
7x=98
age of movie star now=98