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Gabrielle's oldest brother jake is twice her age, and her younger sister Candi is 4 years old. Gabrielle has another brother,Tom, who is 6 years older than her, but two years younger than jake. What is the sum, in years, if the ages if all the siblings

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Let x represent the age of Gabrielle

Gabrielle's oldest brother jake is twice her age, This means that the age of her oldest brother is 2 * x = 2x

Her younger sister Candi is 4 years old.

Gabrielle has another brother,Tom, who is 6 years older than her. This means that the age of the brother is x + 6

Given that the brother is also two years younger than Jake, it means that the age of the brother is also

2x - 2

This means that

x + 6 = 2x = 2

2x - x = 6 - 2

x = 4

Therefore, the sum of the ages of all the siblings is

x + 2x + 4 + x + 6

= 4 + 2 * 4 + 4 + 4 + 6

=4 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 6

= 26 years

The sum of their ages is 26 years

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