Question

The ages of three siblings combined is 27. The oldest is twice the age of the youngest. The middle child is 3 years older than the youngest.

Answer 1

Answer:

the oldest sibling is 12 years old.

The middle child is 9 years old.

The youngest child is 6 years old.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the age of the youngest child be x

Then the oldest child will be 2x.

The middle child will be x + 3.

Since the combined age is 27;

x + 2x + x + 3 = 27

4x = 27 - 3

x = 24 / 4

x = 6

now 2x = 12 and x + 3 = 9

Answer 2

Answer:

oldest is 12

middle is 9

youngest is 6

all add up to 27

Step-by-step explanation

idk if i did this right but i did 27 -3 =24

then i divide 24 by 2 which is twelve (the oldest's age)

then 12 divided by 2 is 6 which is the age of the youngest one

6 + 3 is 9, which is the age of the middle one.