document.write( "Question 964236: Will is w years old
\n" ); document.write( "Ben is 3 years older.
\n" ); document.write( "Jan is twice as old as Ben.
\n" ); document.write( "If you add togather the ages of Will, Ben, and Jan the total comes to 41 years.
\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation and solve it to work out how old Will, Ben, and Jan are. \n" ); document.write( "
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Will is w years old
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\n" ); document.write( "Jan is twice as old as Ben.
\n" ); document.write( "If you add together the ages of Will, Ben, and Jan the total comes to 41 years.
\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation and solve it to work out how old Will, Ben, and Jan are.
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\n" ); document.write( "b = w + 3
\n" ); document.write( "j = 2b
\n" ); document.write( "therefore
\n" ); document.write( "j = 2(w+3)
\n" ); document.write( "j = 2w + 6
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\n" ); document.write( "If you add together the ages of Will, Ben, and Jan the total comes to 41 years.
\n" ); document.write( "w + b + j = 41
\n" ); document.write( "Replace b with (w+3), replace j = (2w+6)
\n" ); document.write( "w + w + 3 + 2w + 6 = 41
\n" ); document.write( "4w + 9 = 41
\n" ); document.write( "4w = 41 - 9
\n" ); document.write( "4w = 32
\n" ); document.write( "w = 32/4
\n" ); document.write( "w = 8 yrs is will
\n" ); document.write( "you can find the ages of Ben and jan, check the total
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