SOLUTION: Jan is twice as old as jake. The sum of their age is 5 less than twice of jan's age. How old are jan and jake?

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Question 754831: Jan is twice as old as jake. The sum of their age is 5 less than twice of jan's age. How old are jan and jake?
Answer by sachi(548) About Me  (Show Source):
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Jan is twice as old as jake.
let jake is x yrs then jan is 2x
The sum of their age is 5 less than twice of jan's age.
so x+2x=2*2x-5
or 3x=4x-5
or x=5
so 2x=10
then jan is 10 and jake is 5 yrs