Question

Pete, Bryan, and Philip are cousins. Pete's age is one-third of Bryan and Philip is five years elder than Bryan. If the sum of the age of the cousins is 40, find the ages of each.

Answer 1

Pete's age is 15/3 = 5 years old
Bryan's age is 15 years old
Philip's age is 15+5 = 20 years old

20+15+5= 40

Answer 2

Pete: 5
Brayan:15
Philip:20