Question 171037
I think you meant to say "How old are you now?"


You are x years old now.


Your brother is then x - 4 years old now.


Two years ago, you were x - 2 years old, and your brother was x - 4 - 2 or x - 6 years old.


Your age two years ago (x - 2) is 1.5 times your brothers age two years ago, or 1.5(x - 6).  So you can write:


{{{x-2 = 1.5(x-6)}}}


Solve the equation for x to get your age now.  Once you have solved the equation, check your work: Subtract 4 from your answer to get your brother's age now.  Then subtract 2 from each of yours and your brother's ages to get the ages two years ago.  Verify that your age 2 years ago is one and one-half times your brother's age 2 years ago.