SOLUTION: 20 years from now Tom will be 4 times older than his current age. What is his current age?

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Question 1068926: 20 years from now Tom will be 4 times older than his current age. What is his current age?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let his current age be x
x+20 = 4x
20 = 3x
x = 20/3

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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20 years from now Tom will be 4 times older than his current age. What is his current age?
Let Tom's age be T

Four times OLDER means: 4T + T = 5T

T + 20 = 5T

20 = 4T

T, or Tom is: highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C4%2C+20%2F4%2C+or%2C+5%2C+years-old%29%29