Question

In 16 years, Ben will be 3 times as old as he is right now. How old is he right now?

Answer 1

Ben is 8 years old. hope this helped

Answer 2

Let the current age of Ben is x years .

After 16 years, Ben's age increases by 16, that is x+16 years .

But it is given that, Ben's age at that time is three times of the present age = 3x

So we have

`x+16 = 3x => 2x=16=> x= 8yrs`

Therefore the current age of Ben is 8 years .