SOLUTION: There are two brothers and two sisters. in 10 years they will total 100 in their ages. How much will the total be in 7 years? i'm still convinced it's 88..can someone explain why

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Question 388958: There are two brothers and two sisters. in 10 years they will total 100 in their ages. How much will the total be in 7 years?
i'm still convinced it's 88..can someone explain why it isn't 88 ?
Found 3 solutions by richard1234, stanbon, jerryguo41:
Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source):
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Let their current ages be a, b, c, d. We have (a+10) + (b+10) + (c+10) + (d+10) = 100 --> a + b + c + d = 60. In 7 years their total will be

(a+7) + (b+7) + (c+7) + (d+7) = a + b + c + d + 28 = 60 + 28 = 88...strange...

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
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There are two brothers and two sisters. in 10 years they will total 100 in their ages. How much will the total be in 7 years?
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Let their ages now be b,B and s,S
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Equations:
In 10 years:
b+10 + B+10 + s+10 + S+10 = 100
b+B+s+S = 60
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In 7 years:
b+7+B+7+s+7+S+7 = ?
(b+B+s+S)+28 = ?
60+28 = ?
? = 88
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88 is correct
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by jerryguo41(197)   (Show Source):
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a,b,c,d = Siblings
------- Plus Ten due to "In ten years"

------- "plus 7 years"
---- a+b+c+d=40

So in 7 years their added ages will be 68