SOLUTION: Can you help me, please??? this is our assignment and I can't figure it out..
The question is :
Henry's father is now twice as old as Henry. Sixteen years ago, he was four ti
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Henry's father is now twice as old as Henry. Sixteen years ago, he was four ti
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Question 87802: Can you help me, please??? this is our assignment and I can't figure it out..
The question is :
Henry's father is now twice as old as Henry. Sixteen years ago, he was four times as old. How old is each now?
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Henry's father is now twice as old as Henry. Sixteen years ago, he was four times as old. How old is each now?
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NOW DATA:
Let Henry's age be "x" ; Father is "2x".
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16 yrs. ago DATA:
Henry was x-16 ; Father was 2x-16
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EQUATION:
Father was four times as old.
2x-16 = 4(x-16)
2x-16 = 4x-64
2x = 48
x=24 (Henry's age NOW)
2x=48 (Father's age NOW)
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Stan H.
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