Jason's age is 3 times Shauna's present age. In 4 years' time the sum of their ages will be 56 years. Find there present age.

Jason - - 36

Shauna - - 12

Step-by-step explanation:

This question in set to the future 4 years so in order to actually solve it, we need to subtract the years to the present. The number of years to subtract is 8 to account for both people's combined age.

so ...

x - - shaunas age

3x + x = 56 - 8

4x = 48

x = 12

Therefore Shauna is 12 years old. Because Jason is three times Shauna's age, he is 36