Will is w years old.
ben is 3 years older.
jan is twice as old as ben.

if you add together the ages of will, ben, and jan the total comes to 41 years

1. write an equation and solve it to work out how old will, ben and jan are.

2. in how many years will jan be twice as old as will?

Will is W years old.Ben is 3 years older. 
Jan is twice as old as Ben.

If you add together the ages of Will, Ben, and Jan the total comes to 41 years 

1. W+3= ben age (W+3)*2= Jan age for all three: w+(w+3)+(w+3)2

Sorry i was trying to find a simplier equation and realized i need to do part 2 before i can. I'm trying sorry!