SOLUTION: jason is four years older than anne. three times the sum of their ages is 144. what is jason's age

Question 1135215: jason is four years older than anne. three times the sum of their ages is 144. what is jason's age
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

Jason + Ann =  = 48

Jason - Ann = 4.

---------------------------  Add these two equations to get


2*Jason = 48 + 4 = 52   ===>  Jason =  = 26.


Answer.  Jason's is 26 years old.  Ann is 26 - 4 = 22 years old.

Solved.

RELATED QUESTIONS
jason is four years older than anne. three times the sum of their ages is 144. what is... (answered by ikleyn)

Jason is 4 years older than Anne. Three times the sum of their ages is 114. What is... (answered by ikleyn)

Jason is 6 years older than his sister. Their mother is years older than the sum of their (answered by mxgirl22)

1. If Samantha were three times as old as she was five years ago, she will be sixty less... (answered by josmiceli)

jason is 2 years older than holly. The sum of their ages is 10. How old is... (answered by Alan3354)

Jason is Chris older cousin. The ratio of their age is 9:5 Chris is 40 find Jason's... (answered by mananth)

Jason is 34 less than 3 times Brandens age. The difference between their ages is two. How (answered by josgarithmetic)

Today Jason is 5 years older than his brother tim. 2 years ago tim's age was 3/4 of... (answered by stanbon)