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Question 570925: Shelly is 3 years older than Michele. Four years ago the sum of their ages was 71. Find the age of each person now. (Example 3. Use the information in the table below showing algebraic expressions in terms of x.)

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Question 570895: within eleven years, the age of peter will be half the square of the age he was 13 years ago. calculate the current age of peter...and show your work
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Question 570843: use guess and check.
Seven years ago, John was twice as old as bill. Seven years from now the sum of their age will be 61. How old are they now?
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Question 570812: if the present age of a husband and wife are in the ratio of 5:4, what would the ratio of their ages after 20 years.?
1. 11:8
2. 9:7
3. 15:13
4. 19:15
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Question 570717: Suzan is 7years older than her brother ray.the combined total of their age is 41 hol is ray?
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Question 570697: one pump can drain a pool in 9 minutes. When a second pump is also used, the pool only takes 5 minutes to drain. How long would it take the second pump to drain the pool if only one pump is used?
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Question 570552: Their were 3 brothers. The probduct of their ages is 36. the sum of their ages is equal to the age of the only sister. the 3 brothers never admit their ages but the sister always admits her own even so you need to know that the oldest brother usually wears his baseball cap backwards. How old is each broter? explain

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Question 570476: The sum of the present ages of Eric and his father is 65 years. In 8 years, his father will be twice as old as Eric will be at that time. Find their present ages.
whats erics age? and whats erics dads age?
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Question 570369: Ten years from now, A will be twicw as old as B. Five years ago, A was three times as old as B. What are the present ages of A and B?
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Question 570366: A man is 42 years old and his daughter is 8. In how many years will the father be twice as old?
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Question 570162: aaron is 3yrs older than his brother baron. in five years,aaron will be eleven years morethan one half of barons age will then be. how old are the brothers now?
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Question 569728: martha is 24 years old. susan is at least 4 years younger than martha. if susan is k years old write an inequality showing susans age.
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Question 569549: 5 years ago the sum of my age and my daughters age was a third of five times the average of the present ages of my daughter and my self if my daughter will be 15 years old in 5 years how old is tim now
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Question 569538: Dan's brother is 1/2 his father's age. His brother is 22 years old. How old is his father?
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Question 569469: anna is seven years younger than Bradi three years from now Anna will be twice as old as brandi was nine years ago How old will Brandi be six years from now?
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Question 569363: Seven years ago, Bob was half the age he will be in 12 year. How old is Bob now?
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Question 569371: I have to translate this sentence. Ryan's sister is 2 years less than twice his age. Ryan's sister is 14. How old is Ryan?
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Question 568964: Mary lives in the middel of a large garden. One day ,she decides to cut as many flowers as her age in years. Then each day she cuts twice as many as the day before. on tjhe fifth day ffg the same rule she prepares a bonquet of lowers as many as her grans age in years . her gran is 60 years older than her. how old is mary
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Question 568959: solve the equation the ages of a and b are in ratio 5:7.four years from now the ratio of their ages will be 3:4 . the present age of b is

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Question 568962: A man is 41 years old and his son is 9.In how many years will be the father be three times as old as his son?
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Question 569149: A 24 year old woman is now six times as old as her son; someday she will be only three times as old as he is. What will be her age when this occurs?
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Question 568995: If I am 10yrs old and you are half
my age(5) when I'm 100 years old how old will u
be?????
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Question 569017: Mary is five less than three times as old as sue. If the sum of their ages is 23, how old is mary?
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Question 568998: I am 10years old and you are half
my age(5) when I'm 100 years old how old will u
be?????
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Question 568898: Skyler is 20 years older than Jason. In 8 years, Skyler will be twice as old as Jason. How old is each now?
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Question 568729: Both digits are the same. It is less than 50. The sum of its digits is 6
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Question 568506: The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 10. If the digits are reversed, the number is increased by 72. What is the original number?
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Question 568337: Can you please help me with this problem? "Six years ago, Josie was 5 times as old as her niece, Dianne. How old is Dianne now if her age is one-third that of her aunt's.
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Question 567885: a father is twice older than his son and the sum of their ages is 48.How old is each?
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Question 567933: Please Help with my Maths Problem,I cannot seem to understand.
Mary lives in the middle of a large garden. One day she decides to cut as many flowers as her age in years. Then each day, she cuts as many flowers as the day before. On the fifth day, following the same rule, she prepares a huge bouquet that has many flowers as her grandma's age in years. Mary's grandma is 60 years older than Mary.
How many flowers as Mary cut altogether.
Please show all workings as Maths equation.
My work out:
Marys age is x
Day 1: we assumed she cut 2 flowers and multiplied it by two each day which gave us 62 and subtracted it by 60 to give her age 2.
Thank you.
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Question 567922: Two years ago, Anton was three times as old as his sister, Nathalie. In 4 years, he will be only twice his sister's age. Find their present ages.
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Question 567656: marilyn is three years younger than her friend rosie. in seven years the product of their ages will be 2 less than six times the product of their ages five years ago. how ald are each at present
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Question 567574: The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 9. If the digits are reversed, the number formed bears the ratio 3:8 to the original number. Find the original number (Ans. 77)
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Question 567227: Rose is 29 Years old. Her mother is 50. How many years ago was the mother twice as old as Rose?
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Question 567212: In a three-digit number, the digit at the hundreds place is three times the digit at the ones place and the sum of the digits is 15. If the digits are reversed, the number is reduced by 396. Find the number (Ans. 672)
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Question 567217: The ratio of a two-digit number and the number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is 4:7. If the difference of the digits is 3. Find the number. (Ans. 36)
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Question 567210: A boat takes 2 hours to go 50 KM from A to B down the stream. But the return journey from B to A. It take 3 hours. Find the uniform speed of the boat in still water and the uniform speed the stream. (Ans. 125/6 KM/H and 25/6 KM/H)
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Question 567063: Kim is 3 times as old as she was 2 years ago.How old is she now?

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Question 567094: Jon says: When I add 7 times my age 7 years from now to 11 times my age 11 years from now, I get 20 times my current age. How old will I be 5 years from now?
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Question 566811: 2 boys xombined age 66 one is 6 years older, how old are they
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Question 566776: Son is 1/4 his fathers age and will be 1/6 fathers age in 4 years.
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Question 566715: Benilda is one year older than twice her sister's age. The difference of their ages is 18. How old is Benilda?
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Question 566620: Alfred is three times as old as his brother.Six years ago, the sum of their ages was equal to Alfred's present age.How old are they now?thank you!

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