SOLUTION: Eric is 6 years older than his brother. The sum of both their ages divided by 2 is equal to 11. How old is Eric and his brother?
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Question 1073960: Eric is 6 years older than his brother. The sum of both their ages divided by 2 is equal to 11. How old is Eric and his brother?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Eric's brother be n. Then Eric is n+6. So:
n+n+6/2=11
2n+6=22
2n=16
n=8
Eric's brother is 8; Eric is 14. ☺☺☺☺
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