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"John spent a quarter of his life as a boy growing up, a sixth of his life in college, and
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Question 273518: I need help with the question below. I do not know where to start with this question.
"John spent a quarter of his life as a boy growing up, a sixth of his life in college, and a half of his life as a teacher. He spent the last 6 years in retirement. How old was he when he died?" Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let be his age when he died growing up in college as a teacher yrs retired
Now I can write the equation:
Multliply both sides by
He was 72 when he died
check:
Multiply both sides by
Divide both sides by
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