document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=803186>Question 803186</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My brother is five years younger than me.Total of our ages is 27 years.How old am I ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "while your brother's age be y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From the second sentence, you are 5 years older than him. So the equation is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = y + 5. . . . . .(i)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From the third sentence, the sum of your ages becomes <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 27. . . . . .(ii)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solving simultaneously, using substitution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 16, y = 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".: you are 16yrs old  </SPAN>\n" );
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