A wise man once said, "400 reduced by 3 times my age is 187." What is his age?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-16T00:47:04

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Let's have #x# be his age.

He said that 400:

#400#

reduced by 3 times my age:

#400-3x#

is 187:

#400-3x=187#

and now let's solve:

#3x=400-187=213#

#x=71#