SOLUTION: Robert is 10 years older than her brother. In 2 years, Robert will be three times as old as his brother. How old are they now?

Question 1132619: Robert is 10 years older than her brother. In 2 years, Robert will be three times as old as his brother. How old are they now?
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Robert is 10 years older than his brother.
In 2 years, Robert will be three times as old as his brother. How old are they now?
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From the condition, you have THIS :



        In 2 years, Robert will be three times as old as his brother, and 10 yeas older than him.



Hence, in 2 years Robert will be 15 years old, while his brother will be 5 years old.


It means that now Robert is 15-2 = 13 years old, while his brother is 5-2 = 3 years old today.    ANSWER

Solved.     //   Mentally, without using equations.

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