Question

Question #25a29

Answer 1

Jake is `48/49` years old; Jan is `1 47/49` years old.
Unlikely that this was the intended answer but I couldn't find any way of interpreting the question that gave reasonable results.

Explanation:

(Assuming "5 2a times Jake's.." should be "52 times Jake's..."
and that the "less 48" applies to 52 times Jake's age).

Let Jake's age be `x`
and Jan's age be `y`

We are told
[1]`color(white)("XXX")y=2x`
and
[2]`color(white)("XXX")x+y=52x-48`

Substituting `2x` for `y` (from [1]) into [2]
#color(white)("XXX")x+2x=52x-48

#color(white)("XXX")3x=52x-48

`color(white)("XXX")0=49x-48`

`color(white)("XXX")48=49x`

`color(white)("XXX")x=48/49`

and since `y=2x`
`color(white)("XXX")rarr y= 1 47/49`