Jose is now six years older than John. In two years, Jose will be twice as old as john. How old is John now?

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mathstudent55 · Answer

You don't know either age now, but you know Jose's age in terms of John's age, so choose a variable for John's age.
Which variable do you want to use?

anonymous · Answer

@mathstudent55 X

mathstudent55 · Answer

Ok.
John's age now is x.

"Jose is now six years older than John."
In terms of x, how old is Jose now?

anonymous · Answer

x+6

mathstudent55 · Answer

Great. 

In two years, both Jose and John will be two years older than they are now. John is now x years old. How old will John be in two years?

anonymous · Answer

x+2?

mathstudent55 · Answer

Correct.
We can fill in what we know so far:

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