SOLUTION: brandon is 10 years older than brian. in 2 years Brandon will be 3 times as old as Brian. How old are they now?

Question 241039: brandon is 10 years older than brian. in 2 years Brandon will be 3 times as old as Brian. How old are they now?
Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since Brandon is ten years older than Brian, let:
Brian = x
Brandon = x+10
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In 2 years Brandon will be 3 times as old as Brian, so our equation now becomes:

Now solve for x to determine Brian's age.

...this is Brian's age (today)
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...this is Brandon's age (today).
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Let's plug in the x value in the original equation to see if it makes sense.
Remember:

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The answer checks! We're done! :)
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