what is my age is 500 reduced by twice my age is 130?

Question

A wise man once said "500 reduced by twice my age is 130? what is his age??

Answer 1

500-2(500)= 500-1000 =-500

which is not close to 130

so the "wise man" is either math illiterate

or maybe somewhere between -500 and 130

maybe take an average as the best estimate

but that gives a negative number, most unlikely

even in some budhist guru on the mountain top reincarnation life spans

so best guess might better be 130/2 the average of 0 and 130 = 65 years old. a relatively normal age, other things ignored.

or maybe he really meant 500 reduced by half his age

that's 250 but still not that close to 130

maybe he said 500 reduced by 370 = 130

or some other miscopy or misprint in the problem