SOLUTION: True or False. John's father is 60. In 4 years John will be half his age. John is 32. How did you come up with the answer?

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Question 215438: True or False. John's father is 60. In 4 years John will be half his age. John is 32.
How did you come up with the answer?
Answer by drj(1380) About Me  (Show Source):
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True or False. John's father is 60. In 4 years John will be half his age. John is 32.
How did you come up with the answer?

Step 1. Let 60+4=64 be the age of John's father in four years. Half of this age is 32 years old.

Step 2. Given John is 32 now. But in 4 years he will be 32+4=36 years.

Step 3. But 32 in Step 1 is NOT equal to 36 in Step 2.

Step 4. ANSWER is False.

I hope the above steps were helpful.

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