SOLUTION: A man and his brother have a combined age of 48 years. 12 years ago, the man was 5 times as old as his brother. How old is the man? How old is the brother?
'a' represents the m
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Question 144468: A man and his brother have a combined age of 48 years. 12 years ago, the man was 5 times as old as his brother. How old is the man? How old is the brother?
'a' represents the man's age now. Type in an equation that solves for 'a'.
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a be the man's age now. Let b be the brother's age now
{{a + b = 48}}
We are also told that 12 years ago the man was 5 times as old as his brother. So
Use that value for b in the original equation
{{a + b = 48}}
So b = 48-32 = 16
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