In seven years, Huang will be two times as old as he was last year. How old is he now?

Let Huang’s current age be x. In seven years he will be x + 7, and last year he was x − 1. The condition gives x + 7 = 2(x − 1), which simplifies to x = 9. So the correct choice is C, 9 years old.

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