Will is w years old. Ben is 3 years older.
1. Write an expression, in terms of w, for Ben's age.
Jan is twice as old as Ben.
2. Write an expression, in terms of w, for Jan's age.
If you add together the ages of Will, Ben and Jan the total comes to 41 years.
3. Form an equation and solve it to work out how old Will, Ben, and Jan are.

Will is 8 years old, Ben is 11 years old, and Jan is 22 years old

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Ben is 3 years older, his age can be represented by w + 3

Jan is twice as old as Ben, so her age can be represented by 2(w + 3)

Set up an equation that adds up these expressions and sets it equal to 41:

(w) + (w + 3) + 2(w + 3) = 41

Simplify, add like terms, and solve for w:

(w) + (w + 3) + 2(w + 3) = 41

(w) + (w + 3) + (2w + 6) = 41

4w + 9 = 41

4w = 32

w = 8

So, Will is 8 years old.

Find Ben's age by adding 3 to this:

8 + 3

= 11

Find Jan's age by multiplying this by 2:

11(2)

= 22

So, Will is 8 years old, Ben is 11 years old, and Jan is 22 years old

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option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have