SOLUTION: "If 1 year is added to 1/4 times age of Mohan, the result is equal to half his age. What is the age of Mohan?"

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Question 977768: "If 1 year is added to 1/4 times age of Mohan, the result is equal to half his age. What is
the age of Mohan?"
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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"If 1 year is added to 1/4 times age of Mohan, the result is equal to half his age.
What is the age of Mohan?"
:
let a = his age
Write an equation for exactly what it says
1%2F4a + 1 = 1%2F2a
multiply both sides a by 4, you will then have:
a + 4 = 2a
4 = 2a - a
4 = a
He's 4