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Populaire Word Problems >

Five years ago, Angus was five times as Quinn was at that time. Four years from now, Angus will be twice as old as Quinn will be. What is Quinn's age now?

Solution

F i v e ye a rs a g o, A n gu s w a s f i v e t im es a s Q u inn w a s a t t ha t t im e . F o u r ye a rs f ro m n o w, A n gu s w i ll b e tw i ce a s o l d a s Q u inn w i ll b e . Wha t i s Q u in n^{'} s a g e n o w ?

Solution

Quinn^{'} s age is : 8

étapes des solutions

Translate the problem into an equation:

x - 5 = 5 (y - 5), x + 4 = 2 (y + 4)

x - 5 = 5 (y - 5), x + 4 = 2 (y + 4) : x = 20, y = 8

Quinn^{'} s age is : 8

Exemples populaires

550/22 is a square number find 2 consecutive odd integers such that 3 times the smaller is 12 more than the larger three times the sum of a number and 8 equals 2 The sum of two numbers is 42 . The larger number is 14 more than the smaller number. What are the numbers?one number is two less than five times another. If their sum is increased by five, the result is twenty-seven. Find both numbers