SOLUTION: Anna age is five year more than twice of her brother .now anna is 9 year old then brother his brother age

Question 933304: Anna age is five year more than twice of her brother .now anna is 9 year old then brother his brother age
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let a = Anna's present age
let b = brother's age
:
Write an equation for each statement
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Anna age is five year more than twice of her brother
a = 2b + 5
anna is 9 year old then brother his brother age
replace 9 for a in the above equation
9 = 2b + 5
9 - 5 = 2b
2b = 4
b = 2 yrs old is the brother's age
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