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

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anonymous · Answer

If you take his present age as x and his daughters age as y
x=4y (his present age is 4 times that of his daughters)
and also 
x-7=11*(y-7) (from what he said about his age 7 years ago)
solve these two equations you will get the answer

asapbleh · Answer

ok i will now try to solve

asapbleh · Answer

I have solved the equation you have gave me. I got y(daughter) as 12 years old present time, x(movie star) as 48 years old present time, this does not seem to be the correct answer because I have looked in the book and it is different?

anonymous · Answer

the answer should be 40

asapbleh · Answer

yes, how did you get 40 as your answer?

anonymous · Answer

just by solving the equation I gave

asapbleh · Answer

x=4y
x-7=11y(y-7)

4y-7=11y-77
84=7y
12=y

48=x

anonymous · Answer

it wont be 
84 = 7y
it would be
70=7y

asapbleh · Answer

oyeah, lol how could of i got basic math wrong. thankyou for your help, it was very much appreciated. mind helping me with one more problem?

anonymous · Answer

you are welcome. Sorry I have to leave. Good luck with you question. Bye...

asapbleh · Answer

thankyou anyway