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fifteen-year-old fred is 1 year more than twice as old as his brother, jody. solve for the variable
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\n" ); document.write( "Let the brother's age be \"b\"::
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\n" ); document.write( "15 = 2b + 1
\n" ); document.write( "2b = 14
\n" ); document.write( "b = 7 years
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