My age is x years.my father's age is 3 years less than four times my age. What is my father's age?

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It is a question of algebra

Answer

This is a time wasting riddle

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This is not a question of algebra, it is a riddle of arithmetic. 

Given x=4m-3  No single answer.

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x = your age
y = your father's age

y = 4x - 3 describes the situation.

As this is an affine linear equation, you are probably in 8th grade and about 13yr old.

Insert 13 into the equation and you'll find out that your father is 49yr old ;)

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years/age

my age=x 
father's age=4x-3

system of equaions:
- 4x-3
- x

solve the system:
 4x-3=x
 3x=3
 x=1

Substitute into father's equation:
 4x-3 
 4(1)-3
 4-3
 1

Your father is one year old.
(That's pretty young.)

My age is x years.my father's age is 3 years less than four times my age. What is my father's age?

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