document.write( "Question 340422: Brad is presently 6 years older than Pedro. Five years ago Pedro's age was three-fourths of Brad's age at that time. Find the present ages of Brad and Pedro.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let x = Pedro\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let ( x + 6 ) = Brad\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x - 5 = 3/4 (x+6) - 5\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Obviously I'm doing something wrong though. Can anyone help? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #243937 by Fombitz(32388) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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\n" ); document.write( "Five years ago, Pedro was $\"x-5\"$ , but Brad was $\"%28x%2B6%29-5+or+%28x%2B1%29\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "Then take $\"3%2F4\"$ of his age.
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