document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1185056>Question 1185056</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Clyde, Jeffrey and Geneross are three brothers. The sum of their ages five years ago is 13/25 of the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sum of their ages three years from now. If Geneross’s age is the same as the age of Clyde five years<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ago and Clyde is two years older than Jeffrey. How old are they ten years from now? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The difference between the sum of their ages 5 years ago and the sum of their ages 3 years from now is 3*8=24.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A mental path for the first part of the problem is to rewrite the given fraction 13/25 as an equivalent fraction in which the difference between numerator and denominator is 24.  The difference between 13 and 25 is 12, so we can double numerator and denominator: 13/25 = 26/50.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the sum of their ages 5 years ago was 26 and the sum of their ages 3 years from now is 50.  That means the sum of their ages now is 41.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Geneross's age is the same as Clyde's age 5 years ago, so Geneross is 5 years younger than Clyde.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Clyde is 2 years older than Jeffrey, so Jeffrey is 2 years younger than Clyde.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = Clyde<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-5 = Geneross<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-2 = Jeffrey<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of their current ages is 41:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x=48 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x=48\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Their current ages are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Clyde: x=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Geneross: x-5=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jeffrey: x-2=14<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: Their ages 10 years from now will be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Clyde: 16+10=26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Geneross: 11+10=21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jeffrey: 14+10=24<br><BR>\n" );
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