document.write( "Question 1098043: I am three times as old as my brother. Five years later I shall be two and a half times as old as my brother. How old am I and how old is my brother? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #712452 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"system%28m=3b%2Cm%2B5=%285%2F2%29%28b%2B5%29%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"2m%2B10=5b%2B25\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2m=5b%2B15\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%283b%29=5b%2B15\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"6b=5b%2B15\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28b=15%29\"$ -----------Brother is 15.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%2845%29\"$ -----------Other person's age, 45. \n" ); document.write( "

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