SOLUTION: Kathy age is 32 Which is 8 less than 4 times rick's age

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Question 952016: Kathy age is 32 Which is 8 less than 4 times rick's age
Answer by diazabdulm(7) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let anything that you don't know into a variable
So Rick's age could be x
Kathy age is 32 Which is 8 less than 4 times rick's age

32 = 8 less than 4 times x is
32=4x-8
add 8 to both sides
40=4x
Divide by 4
10=x
So Rick is 10 years old.