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Sarah is twice as old as her youngest brother. If the difference between their ages is 15 years. How old is her youngest brother?​

User Piotr Duda
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Answer:

He would be 15 years old.

Explanation:

If the difference is 15, and sarah is double the age, whatever age the youngest brother is, that number if multiplied by 2 or added to 15 needs to be the same answer. You could make a equation by writing those two on either side of the equation and making the unknown sum “x”. This would look like “2x=x+15”. Then to get the final product you would subtract the x on the right side from both side, ending up to be “x=15” in this scenario, that would be the final answer.

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