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How tall is each brother?

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Next door to me are 4 brothers of different heights. Their average height is 74 inches and the difference among height of the first three men is 2 inches. The difference between the 3rd and the 4th brother is 6 inches. How tall is each brother?

posted Jul 10, 2014 by Manish Tiwari

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1st 78, 2nd 76, 3rd 74, and 4th 68

(a+b+c+d)/4=74

a-2=b
b-2=c
c-6=d

a=78, b= 76, c=74, d=68

answer Jul 10, 2014 by Aswin Udhay



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