SOLUTION: A person asks 2 brothers about their age
The older brother says :
I am as old as twice his age when i was his age.
The sum of their age is 42
Have been trying to figure it fo
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Question 1119849: A person asks 2 brothers about their age
The older brother says :
I am as old as twice his age when i was his age.
The sum of their age is 42
Have been trying to figure it for an hour now :D
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = younger brother’s.age now
Let = older brother’s age now
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(1)
(1)
The difference in their ages is
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Note that when the older brother was
yrs old, the younger brother was
And twice this age is
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You are told that:
And
And
Older brother is 24
Younger brother is 18
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Check
When older bro was 18, younger bro
Was
Twice that is 24
That is older bros age now
OK
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