SOLUTION: A girl is half as old as her sister and is also two years younger than her brother. If the sum of the three children's ages is 34 years, what is the product of their ages?
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Question 976940: A girl is half as old as her sister and is also two years younger than her brother. If the sum of the three children's ages is 34 years, what is the product of their ages? Found 2 solutions by FrankM, MathTherapy:Answer by FrankM(1040) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Sister is 2X
Girl is X
Brother is X+2 (she is 2 years younger, so he is 2 years older)
X+2X+X+2 = 34
4X+2=34
4X=32
X=8 Girl, sister is 16 Brother is 10
product is 1280
(edited. I initially had an error)
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A girl is half as old as her sister and is also two years younger than her brother. If the sum of the three children's ages is 34 years, what is the product of their ages?
