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A wise man once said, "400 reduced by 3 times my age is 250." What is his age? show work

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We assume wise man's age is x years…and 3 times his age will be 3x as per the simple calculation..

Wise man gives you second hint… from 400 , reduce thrice my age and you will get 163..

Let's try again…

Now the equation becomes :-

400 - 3x = 163

400–163 =3x

237 = 3x or 3x = 237 or x = 79…

The wise person looks to be experienced too with current age of 79 years… ☺️.

(This isn’t mine, I found it on Quora by Manish Raj)
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well 400 - 250 is 150 so 150 divide 3 is 50 so he’s 50
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