document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=518999>Question 518999</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If ADAM is half as old as BRETT and BRETT is half as old again as CHLOE and the sum of their three ages is 105 years, find their ages  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Present age of Chole = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Present age of of Brett = x/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Present age of Adam = x/2/2 = x/4 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x/2+x/4=105<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by LCM (4) both sides of the equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+2x+x=105*4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=420<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x/7=420/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Present age of Chole = x = 60 years old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Present age of of Brett = x/2 = 60/2 = 30 years old<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Present age of Adam = x/2/2 = x/4 = 60/4 = 15 years old<BR>\n" );
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