Lucas will be twice his brothers age in the next four years. If lucas's brother is now 6 years old, how old is lucas?
Well, if Lucas's brother is 6 years old now, let's analyze the situation. In the next four years, Lucas will be twice his brother's age. So, if we add 4 years to the brother's current age of 6, he will be 10 years old then. Using some logic gymnastics, we can deduce that Lucas will be twice his brother's age in the future, meaning he will be 20 years old. So, Lucas is currently 20 years old and his brother is 6 years old. It seems Lucas hit some secret age accelerator while we weren't looking!
To solve this problem, we need to follow these steps:
1. Determine the current age of Lucas's brother: Since it is given that Lucas's brother is currently 6 years old, we have the information we need.
Lucas's brother's age = 6 years.
2. Calculate the age Lucas will be in the next four years: Since Lucas will be twice his brother's age in the next four years, we need to calculate how old Lucas's brother will be in four years and double that value.
Age of Lucas's brother in four years = 6 + 4 = 10 years.
Lucas's age in the next four years = 2 * (Age of Lucas's brother in four years).
Lucas's age in the next four years = 2 * 10 = 20 years.
3. Calculate Lucas's current age: To find Lucas's current age, we subtract the four-year age difference from Lucas's age in the next four years.
Lucas's current age = Age of Lucas in the next four years - Age difference in four years.
Lucas's current age = 20 - 4 = 16 years.
Therefore, Lucas is currently 16 years old.
To determine Lucas's age, we need to calculate how old he will be in four years when he is twice his brother's age.
Given that Lucas's brother is currently 6 years old, we can add 4 to his brother's age to find his age in four years:
6 + 4 = 10
Since Lucas will be twice his brother's age in four years, we multiply his brother's age by 2:
10 x 2 = 20
Therefore, Lucas will be 20 years old in four years.
Lucas is X yrs. old now.
Lucas bro. is 6yrs. old now.
Four yrs. from now:
Lucas: x+4.
Brother: 6+4 = 10.
x + 4 = 2*10.
X = 16.