Question 1083263: The ages of three brothers are consecutive odd integers. The sum of their ages is 129. what is the age of the youngest brother? Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, MathTherapy:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The ages of three brothers are consecutive odd integers. The sum of their ages is 129. what is the age of the youngest brother?
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129/3 is the middle integer.
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n-2 + n + n+2 = 129
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The ages of three brothers are consecutive odd integers. The sum of their ages is 129. what is the age of the youngest brother?
Let age of youngest be Y
Then we get: Y + Y 2 + Y + 4 = 129
3Y = 129 - 6
Continue to solve for Y, the youngest brother's age.
