Question 1136655: Larry is three times as old as his brother. If the sum of thier ages is 18, how old is each? Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
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"Larry is three times as old as his brother", means that Larry's age is 3b. -------"sum of their ages is 18".
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Larry is three times as old as his brother. If the sum of thier ages is 18, how old is each?
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In age problems, the solutions are traditionally assumed to be integer numbers.
Everything what is not integer, is considered as DEFECTIVE.
In this sense, this problem is DEFECTIVE - it HAS NO integer solution/solutions.
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