Question 1170659
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            The solution and the answer by  @josgarithmetic  (w = 27)  are incorrect.


            So  I  came to bring the correct solution with the correct answer.



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w,    Wade age
w+70, Alma age


The base equation is

    {{{(w+70)-4=3(w-4)}}}



Simplify and solve

    w+66 = 3w-12

    2w = 66 + 12

    2w = 78

    w = 78/2 = 39.


<U>ANSWER</U>.  Wade is 39 years old now.
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Solved.