John was four times as old as his son Peter. In [unclear number] years' time, the sum of their ages will be…

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John was four times as old as his son Peter. In [unclear number] years' time, the sum of their ages will be 36. Find their present ages.

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I will solve the first clearly readable question from the image, which is an age word problem. Due to the poor image quality, I will state any assumptions made.

Question:
John was four times as old as his son Peter. In [unclear number] years' time, the sum of their ages will be 36. Find their present ages.

Assumption: Based on common problem structures and to obtain integer ages, I will assume the unclear number of years is 3 years.

Define variables for their present ages.
Let John's present age be $J$ years.
Let Peter's present age be $P$ years.
Formulate equations based on the given information.
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John was four times as old as his son Peter. In [unclear number] years' time, the sum of their ages will be 36. Find their present ages.

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Define variables for their present ages.

Formulate equations based on the given information.

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