Question

Jason’s age is 3 times Shauna’s present age. In 4 years’ time the sum of their ages will be 56 years. Find there present age.

Answer 1

Jason -- 36

Shauna -- 12

Explanation:

This question in set to the future 4 years so in order to actually solve it, we need to subtract the years to the present. The number of years to subtract is 8 to account for both people's combined age.

so ....

x -- shaunas age

3x + x = 56 -8

4x = 48

x= 12

Therefore Shauna is 12 years old. Because Jason is three times Shauna's age, he is 36