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Question 189139: If we add 2 to Connie's age it equals 1/2 the age of her brother Jack who is 12. How many years before Connie's age is exactly 1/2 of her brother Jack's age?
I know that C + 2 = 1/2(J), then C + 2 - 2 = 1/2(12) - 2, so C = 4 but I am having trouble with the rest of the equation,
I have come up with C + y = 1/2(J + y), but this does't allow me to solve for y.
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Question 189132: jay writes a different number on a t-shirt for each person on the math team. jays number is 4. each of the other numbers has 4 or 9 in the ones place. what number did jay count by to choose the numbers?
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Question 189303: 6 yaers ago the age of father was 6 times the age of son. After 8 years the age of father will be twice the son. What are their present ages?
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Question 189501: Stevie is twice as old as his brother. Four years ago he was four times as old a s his brother. Find their present ages.
Please help with word problem, I can't come up with an equation.
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Question 189616: John is four times as old as Harry. In six years, John will be twice as old as Harry. What are their ages now?
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Question 189619: Peter is 12 years old and his grandfather is 63. In how many years will Peter be a quarter of his grandfather's age? Please help with an equation. Thanks a lot!
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Question 189680: Three quarters of a certain number exceeds two-thirds of it by 3. Find the number.
Can you please help me find an equation for the above. Thanks in advance.:)
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Question 189681: Stevie is twice as old as his brother. Four years ago he was four times as old as his brother. Find their present ages. Can anyone help me, I'm having a lot of trouble coming up with an equation. I can't thank you guys enough!!

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Question 189829: seven year from now , i will be twice as old as i was one year ago. how old am i now.
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Question 189829: seven year from now , i will be twice as old as i was one year ago. how old am i now.
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Question 189858: jamie is 5 years older than her sister amy. If the sum of their ages is 19, how old is jamie?
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Question 190313: Ten years ago a father was seven times as old as his son, two years hence twice
his age will be equal to five times his son's age. What are their present ages?
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Question 190312: Ten years ago a father was seven times as old as his son, two years hence twice
his age will be equal to five times his son's age. What are their present ages?
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Question 190706: 3 times James age is equal to 8 times Beth's age. The difference between the two is 15 years. How old is James and Beth?
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Question 190780: How old are my children?
The product of the ages of my three children is 72 and their ages sum to the same number as where I live. Also, my oldest child likes chocolate ice cream.
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Question 190835: the sum of two numbers is 13. one number is 1 more than twice the other. find the smallest number.
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Question 191223: The following equation describes a person’s optimum heart rate in beats per minute that should be achieved during exercise so that the exercise is most beneficial.
Heart rate = 0.6(220-a)
where a represents the age of the person in years.
Determine the optimum heart rate for a 35-year-old runner.
I figured out that the age of this runner is 22 years old, but can't figure out how to get the heartrate of a 35 year old.

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Question 191396: what figure has two pairs of parallel sides but is not a parralelogram?
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Question 191782: Mary is 24. Mary is twice as old as ana is now. How old is Ana?
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Question 191842: Jamie is 5 years older than her sister Amy. If the sum of their ages is 19, how old is Jamie?
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Question 191843: Alexi's wallet contains four $1 bills, three $5 bills, and one $10 bill. IF Alexi randomly removes two bills without replacement, determine the probability that the bills will total $15?
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Question 191986: If Mary's age is Y, how old will she be in 9 years, how old was she 6 years ago?

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Question 192718: Fourteen years ago, Cathy was twice as old as christian and now the sum of their ages is 40. What is the age of each?
A movie house ticket seller discovered that the end of a day she had $ 2,300 in box. There were two kinds of ticket sold:orchestra tickets costing $6.50 each and balcony tickets costing $10.00 each. The number of orchestra tickets sold were twice as much as the number of tickets sold for the balcony. Find how many tickets were sold for the orchestra and balcony?
i need algebraic soution here
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Question 192789: My question is: Marys father is 4 times as old as Mary and 5 years ago he was 7 times as old. How old is each now?
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Question 193356: you have two kids and one says to the other if you took two years off my age and gave it to you, you would be double my age and if you took one more year you would be triple my age. How old are the kids?
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Question 193438: Tom buys $20,000 worth of stock, and sells it eight months later for $28,000. If he is required to pay 15% capital gains tax on his profits, how much tax will he pay?
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Question 193710: The four oldest people in Golden City have lived a total of 384 years put together. The difference in ages for the youngest and the second oldest is 14. The second youngest is 3 years older than the youngest. The oldest is 20 years older than the average of the second oldest and the youngest. Find their ages from youngest to oldest.
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Question 193743: Dorothy is 6 years older than Ricardo. The product of their present ages is twice what the product of their ages was 6 years ago. how old is Dorothy?
I have trued to find something similar in the section of word problem and just totally confused myself- HELP PLEASE!
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Question 193756: The problem is:
Write an equation which models how old, in years, you will be when you are 3 times as old as the younger person.
I am 30
My cousin is 12
Please explain reasoning
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Question 193820: Isaac is nine years older than Kylie. Isaac is four times as old as Brian was three years ago. Brian is eighteen years younger than Isaac. How old is Kylie?
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Question 194189: Hi, here is a problem I've been stuck on, please help, if possible!
In 7 years, Maria will be 4 times as old as Angelica will be then. The sum of their ages is now 71. How old will each of them be in 5 years?
So far, I've got a chart like this:
Maria: In 7 years: 4(x+7). In 5 Years: x+5 (not sure if Maria is still 4 times older than Angelica in 5 years?)
Angelica: In 7 years: x+7. In 5 Years: x+5. =71
I put the equation together like this:
4(x+7) - (x+5)= 71
4(x + 28) - (x+5)= 71
4x + 28 - (x+5) = 71
4x - x +28 - 5 = 71
3x + 23 = 71
3x =48
X = 16
The solution I get is 16, but the answer at the back of the book says Angelica is 15, and Maria is 66! What did I do wrong, and what is the correct way to solve? Any help would be great, thanks!
Leanne Rain
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Question 194190: "Diophantus passed 1/6 of his life in childhood, 1/12 in youth and 1/7 more as a bachelor. Five years after his marriage, was born a son who died 4 years before his father, at 1/2 his father's final age." How old was Diophantus when he died?
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Question 194778: A father is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years, the father will be twice as old as his son's age at that time. Therefore, the father's current age is?
1. 4
2. 8
3. 16
4. 32
5. 64
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Question 195420: John is now four times as old as Annie was six years ago. How old is Annie today if John is 20 years old?
A)8
B)11
C)12
D)14
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Question 195419: if Sam were twice as old as he is.he would be 40 years older than Jim. if Jim is 10 years younger than Sam, how ols is Sam?
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Question 195993: mary is six years older than sue. in two years, mary will be twice as old as sue. find their present ages.
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Question 196107: Lee is 7 years older than phil. 11 years ago Lee was twice as old as phil was then. find their ages now
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Question 196107: Lee is 7 years older than phil. 11 years ago Lee was twice as old as phil was then. find their ages now
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Question 196107: Lee is 7 years older than phil. 11 years ago Lee was twice as old as phil was then. find their ages now
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Question 196314: twice a number decreased by 8 is equal to the number increased by 10. find the number.
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Question 196303: when 63 is added to 1 fifth off my number the result is double my number
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