When A was half B's age, B was one fourth A's age.

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A told B, "When I was half your present age, you were one -fourth my present age". If A is currently 60 yrs, how old is B ?

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Let $b$ be the age of B now. One fourth A's present age is $15$. A was half B's present age $60-b/2$ years ago. B's age then was $b-(60-b/2)$, so $b-(60-b/2)=15$