SOLUTION: Hello tutors , can you answer this problem for me . If I subtract from twice my present age three times my age six years ago , i get my present . What is my age ? tanx so much
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Question 645360: Hello tutors , can you answer this problem for me . If I subtract from twice my present age three times my age six years ago , i get my present . What is my age ? tanx so much Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If I subtract from twice my present age, three times my age six years ago,
I get my present . What is my age ?
Let a = your present age
Just write an equation for what it says:
a = 2a - 3(a-6)
a = 2a - 3a + 18
a = -a + 18
a + a = 18
2a = 18
a = 9 yrs is your present age
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Check that in the given statement:
2(9) - 3(9-6) =
18 - 3(3) = 9
