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A brother and sister are comparing their ages. The older sister is 8 years less than twice the brother's age. The sum of their ages is 25 years. Let a be the age of the brother. Set up and solve an equation
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A brother and sister are comparing their ages. The older sister is 8 years less

than twice the brother's age. The sum of their ages is 25 years. Let a be the age
of the brother. Set up and solve an equation for a.*

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Answer:

a=11

2a-8=14

Explanation:

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