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Jon is 27 years older than susan. In five years jack will be 4 times as old as susan how old is Jon? How old is susan

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Let 's' represent the age of Susan and let 'j' represent the age of Jack. 

j-s = 27 (Jack is older than Susan)

4(s+5)=j (Jack will be 4 times older than Susan in 4 years)

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j=29.3333

s=2.3333

So Susan is approximately 2 years old.