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  • 10-02-2017
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How old am I if 500 reduced by 2 times my age is 388

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remember you can do anything to an equation as long as you do it to both sides
a=age

500 reduced by 2 times a is equal to 388

500-2a=388
minus 500 both sides
-2a=-112
divide both sides by -2
a=56

you are 56
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