SOLUTION: A man is four times as old as his son and his daughter is five years younger than her brother. If the sum of their ages is sixty seven, how old is each?

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Question 1146547: A man is four times as old as his son and his daughter is five years younger than her brother. If the sum of their ages is sixty seven, how old is each?
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Man the father                                     4b
Girl daughter and sister of the boy                b-5
Boy brother of the girl                             b
SUM                                                 67