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  • 26-09-2017
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This year your brother jack will be 2 years from being twice as old as your sister jen. the sum of jack’s age and three times jen’s age is 66. how old is jen?

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  • 26-09-2017
Let the age of Jen 2 years later be x,

age of jack two years later = 2x
total age of jack and jen now = 2x + x - 2 - 2
= 3x - 4
3x - 4 = 66
3x = 70
x = 70/3
= 23.3 (to three significant figures)
age of jen now = x - 2
= 23.3 - 2
= 21.3

Jen is 21.3 years old now.
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