Problema Solution
The ages of three brothers are consecutive even integers. Three times the age of the youngest brother exceeds the oldest brothers age by 48 years. What is the age of the youngest brother?
Answer provided by our tutors
let x= the age of the 1st brother
x+2 = age of the 2nd brother
x+4 = age of the 3rd brother
3x = x+4+48
3x = x+52
2x=52
x=26
thus the age of the youngest is 26. (the other 2 are 28 and 30 respectively)
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