Chapter 10 Solving Linear Equations
Baby Brothers
Three baby boys were born in 2007, each on the first day of a month. On January 1, 2008, Albert was one month less than three times Carl’s age. Babar was one month less than twice Carl’s age. The sum of the ages of the three boys was 22 months. How old was each boy on January 1, 2008?
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