Lucie is 5 years younger than her brother. three years ago, lucie was twice younger than her brother. how old is each now?

Lucie is 8 and her brother is 13

Step-by-step explanation: the only possible way for Lucie to be half her brother's age while being 5 years younger at the same time, is if she's 5 and he's 10. that's how old they were 3 years ago. now you just add 3 to 5 and 10 to find their current ages; 5+3=8 so Lucie is 8, and 10+3=13 so her brother is 13.

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 Lucie is 8 and her brother is 13

Step-by-step explanation:

Lucie is 5 years younger than her brother. Three years ago, Lucie was twice younger than her brother.

Let L be the Lucie age

and B be the brothers age

Lucie is 5 years younger than her brother

L= B-5

Three years ago, Lucie age is L-3

brother is B-3

Lucie was twice younger than her brother.

2(L-3)= B-3

Plug in B-5 for L

2(B-5-3)= B-3

2B - 16= B-3

Subtract B from both sides

B - 16 = -3

Add 16 on both sides

B= 13

Age of brother = 13

Age of Lucie = brother -5 = 13-5 = 8

-3

step-by-step explanation:

a drawing really does here:

so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3

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