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Jason's age is 3 times Shauna's present age.In 4 years' time, the sum of their ages will be 56 years. Find their present age
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Let Shauna's age be S
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document.write( "Then Jason's is: 3S
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document.write( "We then get: S + 3S + 2(4) = 56
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document.write( "4S = 48
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document.write( "S, or Shauna is: 
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document.write( "It's now simple as 1-2-3 to find Jason's age!
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document.write( "Using 1 variable is most often much easier and less confusing than using 2!! \n" );
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