SOLUTION: Twp years ago, I was three times as old as I was eight years before I was half as old as I will be six years from now. How old am I?

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Question 298435: Twp years ago, I was three times as old as I was eight years before I was half as old as I will be six years from now. How old am I?
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Twp years ago, I was three times as old as I was eight years before I was half as old as I will be six years from now. How old am I?
I-2=3%28%281%2F2%29%28I%2B6%29-8%29
I-2=3%28%281%2F2%29I%2B3-8%29
I-2=3%28%281%2F2%29I-5%29
I-2=%283%2F2%29I-15
13=%281%2F2%29I
26=I
Checking
26-2=3%28%281%2F2%29%2826%2B6%29-8%29
24=3%28%281%2F2%29%2832%29-8%29
24=3%28%2816%29-8%29
24=3%288%29
24=24
correct