SOLUTION: Brad is presently 6 years older than Pedro. Five years ago Pedro's age was three-fourths of Brad's age at that time. Find the present ages of Brad and Pedro. I've tried settin

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Question 340422: Brad is presently 6 years older than Pedro. Five years ago Pedro's age was three-fourths of Brad's age at that time. Find the present ages of Brad and Pedro.
I've tried setting up the problem like this -
Let x = Pedro
Let ( x + 6 ) = Brad
x - 5 = 3/4 (x+6) - 5
Obviously I'm doing something wrong though. Can anyone help?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Five years ago, Pedro was x-5, but Brad was %28x%2B6%29-5+or+%28x%2B1%29.
Then take 3%2F4 of his age.