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Brit is ten years older than her brother Tyrese. She is also 3 times as olas Tyrese. Select two equations of a system that can be solved to find botj ages

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x is Tyrese’s age and y is Brit’s age
The system would be:
x = y + 10
x = 3y
If we solve it we find
x = 15
y = 5
So Tyrese is 5 and Brit is 15
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