SOLUTION: Jason is 20 years older than tiana. In 5 years, the sum of their ages will be 84. How old are they now

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Question 1186069: Jason is 20 years older than tiana. In 5 years, the sum of their ages will be 84. How old are they now

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, josgarithmetic:
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let Jason's age be and Tiana's age
if Jason is years older than Tiana. we have
.....eq.1
if in years, the sum of their ages will be , we have



.......eq.2
substitute from eq.1 in eq.2




go to
.....eq.1, substitute



Jason is and Tiana is years old now

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


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