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Beau
 
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Default How to Calculate an unknown number?

I want to know how to calculate an unknown number based on facts.
I'm basically trying to perform algebraic equations with excel.
Could someone give me a hand with this theoretical question:
A man, when asked by his niece how old he was, replied, "My age is now four
times yours, but five years ago it was five times yours." How old was he?