SOLUTION: Hi, So my friends have been going crazy over a problem. I'm not sure of the exact wording of the problem, so if there is a similar version in your mind which makes more sense, pl

Question 1204382: Hi,
So my friends have been going crazy over a problem. I'm not sure of the exact wording of the problem, so if there is a similar version in your mind which makes more sense, please assume it to be the real version. (The way you guys assume that when a student says x + 1 / 2 they mean )
"I have two more sisters than brothers and each of my sisters have two more sisters than brothers. How many more sisters than brothers does the oldest brother have?"
This is a bit of a variation on a similar problem I posted recently. Please walk me through this.
Thank you!!
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

.....since you have fraction , you can write as a fraction like this:
.... is common denominator, so you add numerators

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