Question

Jaime is three years younger than his brother Keegan. In five years, the sum of their ages will be thirty-nine.

Answer 1

Answer:

Keegan is 16 and Jamie is 13.

Step by Step Explanation:

So if we were to take the number 39 and divide it by 2, we would get 19.5. Since Jaime is 3 years younger, we would subtract 3 from one of the 19's. Then we would add 1.5 to both of the numbers since that 3 we subtracted has to go somewhere in that 39, and we come up with the numbers 21 and 18. Since it is asking how old they are NOW and not in the future, we subtract 5 from both numbers to account for the 5 years, and we end up with the years 16 and 13.

Math:

39÷2 = 19.5

19.5 19.5

-3

___________

16.5 19.5

+1.5 +1.5

___________

18 21

-5 -5

13 16