Harvey is 3 times as old as jane. the sum of their ages is 48 years. find the age of each.

jane is years old.
harvey is years old.

The question is kind of confusing. if it's asking how many variations of answers can you give. then do 4^5 for your answer.this would be something like the first question could be a and the 2nd c or first b next c etc. if you can, ask the teacher for a better confirmation of what it's asking. if i'm assuming correctly what it's asking, it's 625 different variations.

Its a right angled triangle not a right triangle