SOLUTION: A boy is half as old as his sister and two years younger than this brother. The sum of the ages of the three children is 34 years. How old is each child?
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Question 1030920: A boy is half as old as his sister and two years younger than this brother. The sum of the ages of the three children is 34 years. How old is each child? Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! boy=0.5x
sister=x
brother=0.5x+2
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0.5x+x+0.5x+2=34
2x=34-2
x=32/2
x=16 sister
0.5x=8 boy
0.5x+2=10 brother
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