SOLUTION: gregs age is 18 which is 6 less than 4 times bills age.How old is bill

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Question 506682: gregs age is 18 which is 6 less than 4 times bills age.How old is bill
Found 2 solutions by jennywecas, MathTherapy:
Answer by jennywecas(28) About Me  (Show Source):
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g=greg
b=bill
g=18
b=4g-6
b=4(18)-6
b=72-6
b=66
Bill is 66 years old

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Bill’s age be B
Then we can say that Greg’s age = 4B – 6, and since Greg is 18, we get:
18 = 4B – 6
18 + 6 = 4B
24 = 4B
B, or Bill is 24%2F4 or highlight_green%286%29 years-old

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18 = 4(6) – 6
18 = 24 – 6
18 = 18 (TRUE)

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