document.write( "Question 1071983: If at age 6, my brother was half my age. Same is true for my son. When he was 3, his brother was twice his age. Now I am 60. What is my brother's age and my son's? \n" ); document.write( "

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If at age 6, the younger brother was half of the age of the speaker,
\n" ); document.write( "at that point in time, the speaker's age was $\"2%2A6=12\"$ ,
\n" ); document.write( "and the age difference between them was $\"12-6=6\"$ years.
\n" ); document.write( "The difference in age will continue to be $\"6\"$ years.
\n" ); document.write( "The speaker says \"now I am 60\".
\n" ); document.write( "If that is a true statement,
\n" ); document.write( "the same younger brother of the speaker is now
\n" ); document.write( " $\"60-6=highlight%2854%29\"$ .
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\n" ); document.write( "We have no information about the speaker's sons' ages.
\n" ); document.write( "We just know that one is at least 3, and the another one is at least $\"2%2A3=6\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "Maybe when a younger son turned 3 yesterday, while another son was 6.
\n" ); document.write( "Maybe that happened a year ago,
\n" ); document.write( "or 10 years ago, or 30 years ago.
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