Question

brian is 26 years older than his daughter kim. the sum of their ages is twice the differences of their ages. find their ages.
age of daughter --- x
brian's age --- x+26

now just translate ....
"the sum of their ages is twice the differences of their ages"
x + x+26 = 2(x+26 - x)

continue ....

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