SOLUTION: If at age 6, my brother was half my age. Same is true for my son. When he was 3, his brother was twice his age. Now I am 60. What is my brother's age and my son's?

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Question 1071983: If at age 6, my brother was half my age. Same is true for my son. When he was 3, his brother was twice his age. Now I am 60. What is my brother's age and my son's?
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If at age 6, the younger brother was half of the age of the speaker,
at that point in time, the speaker's age was 2%2A6=12 ,
and the age difference between them was 12-6=6 years.
The difference in age will continue to be 6 years.
The speaker says "now I am 60".
If that is a true statement,
the same younger brother of the speaker is now
60-6=highlight%2854%29 .

We have no information about the speaker's sons' ages.
We just know that one is at least 3, and the another one is at least 2%2A3=6 .
Maybe when a younger son turned 3 yesterday, while another son was 6.
Maybe that happened a year ago,
or 10 years ago, or 30 years ago.