Question 1147012: "My age is 6 less than twice the age of my younger brother." How old is her younger brother if Jasmine is 28 years old? Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source):
If this statement "My age is 6 less than twice the age of my younger brother" relates to Jasmine (which I sincerely believe), then
28 = 2*B - 6,
where "B" is the younger brother age, and from this equation
B = = = 17.
ANSWER. The younger brother age is 17 years.
Solved.
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By the way, you should understand that if the problem is formulated in this way, as it is formulated in the post,
then it is not a Math problem ---- it is the puzzle, instead.
Why ? --- Because I forced to make that assumtion, which I made in my solution.
In TRUE Math problem, NO ASSUMPTIONS should be made over the proper formulation.
