SOLUTION: Hi, I am trying to help my son with his homework and here is one of the problems he needs help with: The ages of Peter, Margaret and Jack are consecutive odd numbers. The sum of

Question 993834: Hi, I am trying to help my son with his homework and here is one of the problems he needs help with:
The ages of Peter, Margaret and Jack are consecutive odd numbers. The sum of the ages of Peter and Margaret equals Jack�s age before 5 years. Find the ages of Peter, Margaret and Jack.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The usage is not right. Irregardless,...

p,m,j, their ages now.
Unclear the order of their ages.
Let n be any positive integer.
Assuming .

for The sum of the ages of Peter and Margaret equals Jack�s age before 5 years.

Use this equation to solve for n, and then evaluate p, m, and j.
If this does not work, then the question description is badly formed.
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