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spin [16.1K]
3 years ago
14

The ages of two brothers are in the ratio two to three, but in eight years, the ratio of Their ages will be three to four. what

is the age of the older brother.
16
18
24
Mathematics
1 answer:
Gnoma [55]3 years ago
8 0
O - older one
y - younger one

\dfrac{y}{o}=\dfrac{2}{3}\\
\dfrac{y+8}{o+8}=\dfrac{3}{4}\\\\
2o=3y\\
3o+24=4y+32\\\\
2o-3y=0\\
3o-4y=8\\\\
-8o+12y=0\\
\underline{9o-12y=24}\\
o=24



It's 24.
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