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Question 357236: jason is 12 years older then than ted. next year jason will be 3 times as old as ted. how old is ted
Answer by neatmath(302) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let Jason's age be J and Ted's age be T. Then we are given

J=T%2B12 and J%2B1=3%2A%28T%2B1%29 then

J%2B1=3T%2B3

So we use substitution:

%28T%2B12%29%2B1=3T%2B3

T%2B13=3T%2B3

10=2T

T=5

Thus, we know that

J=5%2B12

J=17

So Jason is 17, and Ted is 5.

I hope this helps!