SOLUTION: 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?

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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?
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, greenestamps:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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F=m
Michael=3m
Stanley=3m+19
three years ago, Stanley was 3m+16 years old

Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.

When we do that, the correct interpretation of Michael being 3 times OLDER THAN Fiona is that Michael's age is m+3m = 4m.

That makes Stanley's age 4m+19.

So Stanley's age 3 years ago was 4m+16.