document.write( "Question 67171: The four Baldwin Brothers have a total age of 136 and their ages are represented by consecutive odd intergers. What are the ages of all four brothers? \n" ); document.write( "

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Consecutive odd integers can be represented by $\"x\"$ , $\"x%2B2\"$ , $\"x%2B4\"$ , and $\"x%2B6\"$ . Therefore:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2Bx%2B2%2Bx%2B4%2Bx%2B6=136\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "When simplified, you get:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x%2B12=136\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Isolate the variable:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x=124\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Simplify:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=31\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That means the ages of the baldwin brothers are as follows:
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And we know this is true, because:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"31%2B33%2B35%2B37=136\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And you're done. =)
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