SOLUTION: Brian is 8 years older than Maura Maura is 8 years older than Pete the sum of their ages is 27 how old is pete?

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Question 698577: Brian is 8 years older than Maura Maura is 8 years older than Pete the sum of their ages is 27 how old is pete?
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Brian is 8 years older than Maura Maura is 8 years older than Pete the sum of their ages is 27 how old is pete?
Let Maura be x years old, then Brian is x+8 and Pete is x-8
Add up all their ages and make sum 27
x+x+8+x-8=27
3x=27 divide each side by 3
x=9 so Maura is 9
Pete was x-8 so 9-8=1, Pete is 1 year old