Question

In 56 years, Kevin will be 9 times as old as he is right now.
How old is he right now?

Answer 1

Answer:

(Let x be Kevin's age right now, that's what we're trying to find.

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In 56 years, he'll be 9 times older than he is now, so we can say:

 

x + 56 = 9x

 

Now we can get the x values on the right side of the equation so that:

 

56 = 8x

 

Now solve for x and you have his current age

x = 56/8

= 7 years

So therefore Kevin's current age is 7