SOLUTION: When my dad was 29 years old, I was just 13 years old. Now his age is twice as old as my age. What is my present age?

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Question 1140538: When my dad was 29 years old, I was just 13 years old. Now his age is twice as old as my age. What is my present age?
Found 3 solutions by Boreal, MathTherapy, Alan3354:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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(29+x)=2(13+x)=26+2x
x=3
Your present age is 16.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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When my dad was 29 years old, I was just 13 years old. Now his age is twice as old as my age. What is my present age?
Difference in ages: 16 (29 - 13)
When you are the age your father was when you were born, he will be twice your age. Now that he's twice your age,
yours is the difference between the 2 ages, or highlight_green%2816%29.
Who writes these problems? Isn't 16 too young to be a father? Isn't a 16 year-old having a kid, a kid having a kid?
Maybe it's because I never did, at that age!

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Now his age is twice as old as my age.
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His age is not twice as old as your age.
He might be twice as old as you, or
his age might be twice yours.
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English. Speak it.
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What is my present age?
"present age?"
That is age.