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In 11 years, John's age will be 5 less than 5 times his current age. How old is he? If x represents John's current age, which of the following equations could be used to solve this problem? x + 11 - 5
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In 11 years, John's age will be 5 less than 5 times his current age. How old is he? If x represents John's current age, which of the following equations could be used to solve this problem? x + 11 - 5 = 5x x + 11 = 5x - 5 x + 11 = 5 - 5x

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Let John's age be x. This gives us that in 11 years, john's age will be 5 less than 5 times his current age. Therefore, we could get:
x+11=5x-5. This is your second equation. Solving for x, we get 4x=16 so x=4.

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Answer:

x+11=5x-5

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