SOLUTION: Osei is x year old,five years ago,he was half as old as he is now,how old is he now.

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Question 1185169: Osei is x year old,five years ago,he was half as old as he is now,how old is he now.
Answer by ikleyn(52794) About Me  (Show Source):
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Formally 


Formally, you write an equation as you read the text


    x - 5 = x%2F2.


You solve it


    x = x%2F2 = 5

    x%2F2 = 5

    x = 10.


ANSWER.  Osei is 10 years old.


Solved.


Informally 

Informally, a reader  should guess the answer in 5 - 7 seconds.