Question

Hello.



Bobby, Billy, and Barry Smith are each one year apart in age. The sum of their ages is greater than the age of their father, who is 60. What is the youngest age that the oldest brother can be?


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Answer 1

Well for oreos sure

Answer 2

lol yeah.

Answer 3

so let the youngest brother be 'x' years old
other 2 brothers will be x+1 and x+2 years old. got this ?
oldest brother will be x+2 years old

Answer 4

Okay, but we are still solving for the oldest brother, right?

Answer 5

we'll solve for x
and for oldest brother, we'll calculate x+2

Answer 6

\[35\ge15+2h?\]

Answer 7

how u got that ?

Answer 8

Oops.

Answer 9

a>21 ?



Sorry, at first I typed the wrong answer down. LOL.

Answer 10

x+x+1+x+2 > 60
x> 19
so, eldest brother = x+2 = a
so,
x+2>21
a>21
YES< thats correct :)

Answer 11

On the problem, it stated that the "sum of their ages is greater than the age of their father, who is 60."
However, if the oldest brother is 21, that means the other brothers are 20 and 19, correct?

Then you add them altogether, and you get, well, I got, 60. But the problem stated that it was" greater than the age of their father, who is 60."

Answer 12

a>21 means a can be 22
so take eldest brother age as 22

Answer 13

a>21 means a CANNOT be 21
thats why we take a =22

Answer 14

Then the answer would be 22, wouldn't it?

Answer 15

absolutely :)

Answer 16

Oh, thank you. I get it now. *gives an imaginary Oreo, cuz who won't RESIST them!!!*

Answer 17

what is Oreo ?

Answer 18

:O wuuuut ^

Answer 19

don't tell me. it's like a kkkooocccieee

Answer 20

ohh...just googled it.
i never knew about that

Answer 21

O.e

Answer 22

oh...wow....now you know!! lol what part of the world are you from?

Answer 23

lol, i am from India

Answer 24

@hartnn ♥

Answer 25

oh. you should try an Oreo when you get the chance to come to the USA.
lol @tHe_FiZiCx99

Answer 26

maybe there are Oreos in India too....i'll search the supermarket :)

Answer 27

lol.

Answer 28

by that time, i'll be satisfied with your imaginary one ;)

Answer 29

dafuqqq ;~; *gives hartnn money for food* take it! :*

Answer 30

Jamal works in a city and sometimes takes a taxi to work. The taxicabs charge $1.50 for the first 1/5 mile and $0.25 for each additional 1/5 mile. Jamal has only $3.75 in his pocket. What is the maximum distance he can travel by cab if he does not intend to tip the cab driver?

Answer 31

let jamal can go 'x' additional 1/5 miles
so he will be charged 0.25x dollars for that
so, 1.5 + 0.25x is the total charge

Answer 32

\[1.50+0.25x \le3.75\]

Answer 33

but he only have max of 3.75$
so, our equation will be
1.5 +0.25x <= 3.75

Answer 34

right? ^ ^ ^

Answer 35

YES

Answer 36

oh...wha-
what?

Answer 37

wait..what? i'm confused..what? am i right or wrong? lol

Answer 38

YES, means yes, you are right :)

Answer 39

oh (;

Answer 40

so what u get for x ?

Answer 41

The answer for \[x\] that I got was 2 miles...

Answer 42

how ?

Answer 43

However, I also got 9 miles....

Answer 44

x= 9
right ?

Answer 45

i don't know. i think i got both 2 and 9, just dunno how.
ditto.

Answer 46

and then i got another answer:10.

Answer 47

is this the three-answer problem or what?
:O

Answer 48

1.5 +0.25x <= 3.75
0.25x <= 2.25
x <= 9

so he can go 9 (1/5) additional miles
which is 9/5
plus 1/5 miles initially
so, 9/5 + 1/5 = 10/5 = 2 miles only

Answer 49

so is it 9 or 2 or 10?

Answer 50

2

Answer 51

...how?

Answer 52

how?

Answer 53

THANK YOU AMIGO. THANK YOU. *gives another imaginary Oreo and a medal, which is iconislistic)

Answer 54

bye. thanks. don't reply thanks bye.