Question 1175128: The age of Rida will be 6 times after 24 years. What is the present age of Rida? Found 2 solutions by Theo, MathTherapy:Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let x equal how old rida is now.
in 24 years rida will be x + 24 years old.
that's 6 times as old as rida is now.
the formula for that is x + 24 = 6x
subtract x from both side of that equation to get 24 = 5x.
solve for x to get:
x = 24/5 = 4.8
rida is 4.8 years old now.
rida will be 4.8 + 24 years old in 24 years = 28.8
28.8 / 4.8 = 6 means that, in 24 years, rida will be 6 times as old as rida is now.
this confirms the solution is correct.
