Question

Due in 4 minutes! Help! I just need answer please

A movie star, unwilling to give his age, posed the following riddle to a gossip columnist: "6 years ago, I was 13 times as old as my daughter. Now I am 7 times as old as she is." How old is the movie star?

Answer 1

Age of the star now = a
Age of the daughter now = d

a - 6 = 13 (d - 6)
a = 7 * d

a - 6 = 13d - 78
a = 13d - 72

13d - 72 = 7d
6d = 72
d = 12

Answer 2

so her age is 12?

Answer 3

Yes.

Answer 4

or 7 times 12?

Answer 5

7 times twelve is the age of her father, the movie star.