document.write( "Question 1171347: Anton, Brad, and Cameron are brothers who were born exactly 1 year apart. On their next birthday, the sum of their ages will be 99. How old will each brother be? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #796300 by greenestamps(13200)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "\"Anton, Brad, and Cameron\" sounds to me like three brothers, not two.... \n" ); document.write( "Their ages form an arithmetic sequence of three numbers, with a difference of 1 between them. \n" ); document.write( "In any such arithmetic sequence, the middle number is the average of the three numbers. \n" ); document.write( "On their next birthday, the sum of their ages will be 99, which means the age of the middle brother will be 99/3=33; the ages of the other two will then be 32 and 34. \n" ); document.write( "ANSWER: 32, 33, and 34. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |