SOLUTION: My age is 4 times the difference of my age after 4 years and my age 3 years back. How old am I ?

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Question 998500: My age is 4 times the difference of my age after 4 years and my age 3 years back. How old am I ?
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Let  x  be your present age.

Then your age after  4  years is  x+4,  and your age  3  years before is  x-3.

The condition says that

x = 4*((x+4) - (x-3)) = 4*(x + 4 -x + 3) = 4*7 = 28.

Answer.  28 years.