document.write( "Question 1143660: Fiona is m years old now. She has 2 older brothers. Michael who is 3 times older than her and Stanley who is 19 years older than Michael. How old is Stanley 3 years ago? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #764519 by greenestamps(13203)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "There is not enough information to determine the age of any of them. The most we can do is determine Stanley's age 3 years ago in terms of m. \n" ); document.write( "When we do that, the correct interpretation of Michael being 3 times OLDER THAN Fiona is that Michael's age is m+3m = 4m. \n" ); document.write( "That makes Stanley's age 4m+19. \n" ); document.write( "So Stanley's age 3 years ago was 4m+16. \n" ); document.write( " |