SOLUTION: Please help me solve the question, Pete, Bryan and Philip are cousins. Pete age is one third of Bryan and Philip is 5 older than Bryan. The sum of the ages of the coudins is 40. Fi

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Question 1066798: Please help me solve the question, Pete, Bryan and Philip are cousins. Pete age is one third of Bryan and Philip is 5 older than Bryan. The sum of the ages of the coudins is 40. Find the ages of each
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let Bryan's age be x, then
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Pete's age is x/3 and
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Philip's age is x+5
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x + (x/3) +x+5 = 40
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(7x/3) = 35
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7x = 105
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x = 15
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Pete's age is 15/3 = 5 years old
Bryan's age is 15 years old
Philip's age is 15+5 = 20 years old
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5 + 15 + 20 = 40
40 = 40
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