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Sams brother is 7 years older than Sam. His mother is 4 less than 3 times sams age. Their combined age is 63. How old isn’t Sam, his brother, and his mother

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The answer is 14. This is because 63=3+x+3x-4. Then You just subtract it and then you get 64=4x. Then you just divide it and then you get x=16.

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