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Question 224030: A man is four times the age of his son and the sumof their age is 50. What is the ageof the son?
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Question 224066: Tom rides the bus part of the way to school and then he walks the rest of the way. He walks 5 mins longer than he rides. The whole trip takes 27 mins. for how many mins does he walk?
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Question 224084: Mr. Mustad said: Eight less than three times my age is 100" How old is Mr. Mustard?

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Question 224084: Mr. Mustad said: Eight less than three times my age is 100" How old is Mr. Mustard?

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Question 224174: Paul is 12. His father is 33. How many years ago was the father 4 times as old as the son?
A father is 4 times as old as his daughter is now. In 20 years he will be only twice as old as his daughter. How old are the father and the daughter now?
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Question 224299: My Mum was 27 when I was born.
8 years ago she was twice as old as I shall be in 5 years time.
How old am I?
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Question 224465: Mr. Escalate said "five less than one forth of my age is 12 how old am I?"
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Question 224466: kim is 1/3 the age of her older sister sue. in 13 years, sue will be one year younger than twice kim's age. how old is sue?
Please help me. Thanks!
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Question 224717: karen is three times as old as she was eight years ago.how old is she now?
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Question 224876: Kimberly is twice as old as Ryan. In 4 years, she will be 7 years older than Ryan. How old is Kimberly now?
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Question 224875: Kimberly is twice as old as Ryan. In 4 years, she will be 7 years older than Ryan. How old is Kimberly now?
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Question 225315: a father is 3 times as old as his son. 15 years ago, the father was 9 times as old as his son was then. Find thier present ages.
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Question 1: A father's age is thirteen times that of his son. In 10 years, the son's age will be one-third of his father's. How old are the father and son?
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Question 226272: If Kevin is 5 years older than Bob and in 3 years time he will be twice his age.
How old is Kevin and Bob now?
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Question 226296: I know this is D=rt, I have trouble setting up the problem. Tnank you for your help.
Chuck drove a distance of 1343 miles. part of the way he drove at 60 mph and part of the way he drove at 70 mph. If he drove for 0.5 hour more at 60 mph than he did at 70 mph, determine the time Chuck drove at 60 mph.
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Question 226576: KAREN IS THREE TIMES AS OLD AS AS SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS AG. HOW OLD IS SHE NOW?
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Question 226580: KAREN IS THREE TIMES AS OLD AS AS SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO. HOW OLD IS SHE NOW?
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Question 227010: what are the steps to solve age related problems?

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Question 227094: John's age is 2 years, less than three times Paul his son,s age. His son Mark is
15 years older than Paul. The sum of their ages is 103. Find the ages of John and histwo sons.
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Question 227184: Ann, Barb and Cathy are all younger than 100. The sum of any two of their ages is the reverse of the digits of the remaining person's age. What are their ages?
I was doing o.k. until I hit the reverse digits line:(
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Question 227679: Five years ago, Tom was one third as old as his father was then. In 5 years, Tom will be half as old as his father will be then. Find their ages now.
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Question 227678: Four years ago, Katie was twice as old as Anne was then. In 6 years, Anne will be the same age that Katie is now. How old is each?
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Question 227678: Four years ago, Katie was twice as old as Anne was then. In 6 years, Anne will be the same age that Katie is now. How old is each?
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Question 227765: Five years ago. Jhons age was half of the age he will be in 8 years. How old is he now?

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Question 227833: John's father is 5 times older than John and John is twice as old as his sister Alice. In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is John now?
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Question 227943: A mother,aged thirty,has a seven-year-old son.in how many years,will she be twice as old as he?
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Question 227940: Melissa's cat is five years younger than she is. In two years,Melissa will be twice as old as her cat.How old are they now?
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Question 227975: Pam is half as old as her brother Bill. Six year ago Bill was four times older than Pam. How old is each now?
Here’s what we did:
2P=B
B-6=4P
But, in solving this, we get
B=4P+6
2P=4P+6
-2P=6, P=-3 which isn’t right
Where are we going wrong?

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Question 228466: linda drove 196 miles from Dayton to cleveland area in 3 1/2 hours. what was linda's average speed?
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Question 228466: linda drove 196 miles from Dayton to cleveland area in 3 1/2 hours. what was linda's average speed?
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Question 228707: Please Help Me With This Word Problem.
Mike Is 5 Years Older Than Hos Sister Lisa. Aaron Is Twice As Old As Lisa. The Sum Of Their Three Ages Is 45. How Old Is Lisa?
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Question 228831: Nancy is 4 times as old as her sister, Fran. 3 years ago, the sum of their ages was 4 years total. How old was Fran 3 years ago? What does that mean, technically? Please provide a chart! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
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Question 228834: George is six times as old as Georgette. Two years ago, the sum of their ages was 31 years. How old was George 2 years ago. Please provide a chart in the beginning of the problem. THANKS!!!!!!
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Question 228989: In 1985,B is 13. A is 43. In what year will B be 2/5 of A's age?
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Question 229370: Today, Mr. D is 21 years younger than his neighbor. 3 years ago, the neighbor was twice as old as Mr. D was back then. Find the neighbor's current age. Please provide a chart or let statement.
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Question 229505: Could you please help jessica is twice as old as tina. In nine years the sum of their ages will be 66 how old is each today?here's what I have so far... Tina equals t while jessica equals 2t...(T+9)+(2t+9)equals 66
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Question 229369: ruby an emily are twins. rebecca is 6 more than 2 times Ruby and Emily's age. Altogether the sum of their threee ages is 50.how old are emily and Ruby?
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Question 229542: If I divide my eldest cousin's age by 3 and subtract 4, i get the same result as when I divide his age by 6. What is his cousin's age?
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Question 229581: Mary is 12 years older than her sister, Martha. The product of their ages is 540. How old is each?
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Question 229587: Please help me with this problem. I really need this ASAP.
Mary is 12 years older than her sister, Martha. The product of their ages is 540. How old is each?
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Question 229585: Matt is 22 yars older than belinda. 7 years ago Matt was 3 times as old as belinda, find the age of each now. please help, I have so far
7 yrs ago
Matt: M M-7
Belinda: M-22 M-29
(m-7) + (m-29) = 36
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Question 229521: in 1992 the life expectancy of males in a certain country was 72.1 years. In 1997 it was 74.4 years. Let E represent the life expectancy in year t and let t represent the number of years since 1992.
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