SOLUTION: Tom,Bob and Joe are brothers. their combined ages are 47. Joe was born 3 years before Bob and 4 years after Tom. How old is each brother?
Algebra.Com
Question 252503: Tom,Bob and Joe are brothers. their combined ages are 47. Joe was born 3 years before Bob and 4 years after Tom. How old is each brother?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tom x=14
bob x+4=18
joe x+1=15
x+x+4+x+1=47
3x+5=47
3x=42
x=14
x+4=18
x+1=15
RELATED QUESTIONS
Bob, Tom and Phil are brothers. Altogether, their ages sum to 55. Tom is 4 years younger... (answered by ikleyn)
In 2000 joe was 53 years old and tom was 23 years old
If x years before 2000,joe age... (answered by ikleyn)
Joe is 10 years older than Bob. In 10 years Bob will be 3/4 as old as Joe. Find their... (answered by josmiceli)
If Bob is two years older than Tom and the product of their ages is 528, what are their... (answered by palanisamy)
the sum of bob and tom's ages now is 67 years. Eight years ago bob was twice as old as... (answered by chessace)
1. The length of a buffet table is 4 more than 3 times the width. If the perimeter is 40... (answered by Mike)
Tom is five years older than Bob. In 4 years , Tom will be twice as old as Bob is now .... (answered by ewatrrr)
I need help with story problems. Please Help!
There suppose to be easy, but I don't see... (answered by longjonsilver)
Joe is 4 times as old as Bob. Bob is 5 years older than Phil. All their ages sum to 73.... (answered by TimothyLamb)