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Question 229586: I need help,I am trying to help my daughter do her algebra homework and do not remember the formula for these word problems and she is in need of help.
Larry is 15 Years oldr than Beth, In 4 Years larry will be one year older than Twice beths age. Find their ages today.
Thank you for your help.
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Question 229963: Miguel is 8 years older than his brother Juan. Five years from now, he will be twice as old as Juan. How old are the boys now?
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Question 230067: I need to translate each sum sentence into an equation. then find each number

Mary is 30 years old. this is 5 less than 7 times her son's age.
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Question 230364: A father is 5 times older than his son. In 15 years he will be twice as old as his son. How old is the father?
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Question 230488: A can do a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All of them began together but A left 8 days and B left 12 days before the completion of the work. How many days in all did C put in till the entire work was finished?

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Question 230523: Mar is 68 years old and john is 44. How many years ago was marvin age twice johns age?
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Question 230548: On his birthday, Thomas was 14 years old and his father was 41. Thomas noticed that his age was the reverse of his father’s age. How old will Thomas be the next time his age is the reverse of his father’s?
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Question 230632: Don is twice as old as Irene; Ed is 16 years older than Irene. The sum of all three of their ages is 60 years. Find the age of each person.
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Question 230629: John is twice as old as his brother. Four years ago, he was four times as old as his brother. Find their present ages.
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Question 230832: If someone is 2/3's older than someone else how is that written algebraically
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Question 230831: If someone is 2/3's older than someone else how is that written algebraically
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Question 230759: twenty years ago my age was 1/3 of what it is now.MY PRESENT AGE Is ?
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Question 231551: erins age is 3 times warrens in 4 years she will be 2 times older, how old are they now?
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Question 231104: Please answer this question : " Three years ago, Shara was three times as old as Kaye. Three years hence she will be twice as old a Kaye. Find the present age of each. "
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Question 232387: If Leah is 6 years older than Sue and John is 5 years older than Leah, the total of their ages is 41. How old is Sue? please help!
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Question 232390: sandra is more than 20 years old and less than 60 years old. You can count by 7's to reach sandra's age. Next year you will be able to count by five's to reach Sandra's age. how old is Sandra? Explain how you figure this out.. thakns!
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Question 232588: Robert is now 1/2 his dad's age. Twelve years ago, robert was 1/3 his dad's age.
Find both their ages now? Can you please help. I messed 4 days of school because of the flu.
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Question 232570: I am really struggling with this problem that I have for homework. Could you help me finish the problem?
In three years, Margaret will be four years more than twice as old as Nancy will be. Nancy is eight years younger than Margaret. How old is each one now?
I have started the problem:
M+3= 2(N+3+4) = M+3 = 2N+6+8=M+3 = 2N+14= M-8=N
I am unsure what to do next. Could you help me out?
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Question 232749: "Karl, who is 18 years old, has a great-grandfather, aged 78 years. How many years ago was Karl's great-grandfather 7times as old as Karl?"
Thank you
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Question 232563: Could you help me with this problem. I can't seem to figure it out correctly.
Amy has two more nickels than dimes and five more dimes than quarters. Her nickels, dimes, and quarters total $3.25. How many of each kind of coin has she?
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Question 232851: I am struggling coming up with the right equation to figure out at what age I will be 3 times older than my daughter (41, 14). New math class and I am very rusty. I am sure once I have the equation I can put in ther numbers and figure it out. Thank you.
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Question 232794: Curly’s age is twice Moe’s age. If the sum of the square of their ages is 80, what are their ages? I have the following:
moe= x
curly 2x
but not sure what to with the sum of their squares? Help
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Question 232559: Can you please help me with this problem. I am really struggling on how to go about completing it: Next year Peter will be twice as old as his sister will be. She is three years younger than he. How old is each one now?
I have this done so far. p+1= 2s and S=p-3
I am unsure on what to do next.
Could you please assist me with this problem?
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Question 232912: John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5 years older than Alice. In 5 years, John will be three times as old as Alice. How old is Peter now?
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Question 233484: A mother is five times as old as her son. If twice the age of the son is 3 years less than half of the mother, how old are they?
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Question 234086: a mother is 3 times as old as her son. 10 years ago she was five times as old as her son. whats are their ages???
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Question 234036: I am 13 years old, and my coach is 31 years old, which is my age with the digits
reversed. What is the fewest number of years in which the digits of our ages will be reversed again?
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Question 234217: There are 22 students taking the late bus home. There are 14 more girls than boys on the bus. How many girls and how many boys are taking the late bus home.

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Question 234244: PLease help me solve this word problem:
Tom's father is 3 times old as Tom. 4 years ago, he was 4 times older. How old is Tom?
-----Thank you =)
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Question 234278: Please help me solve this word problem:
The sum of two numbers is 91. The larger number is 1 more than four times the smaller number. Find the numbers.
----- Thank you =)

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Question 234276: Please help me solve this word problem:
John's present age is three-fourths of Sally's present age. In five years, John's age will be four-fifths of Sarah's age at that time. What are the present ages of John and Sally?
----- Thank you =)

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Question 234331: a boy is twice as old as his brother , 4 year a ago he was 3 times as old as his brother. find thier present ages
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Question 234577: Two years ago a father was four times as old as his son. Three years from now the father will only be three times as old as his son. How old is each now?
** I've tried:
TWO YEARS AGO
Father = 4x - 2
Son = x - 2
I know the answer is {12, 42} But I still need to know how to execute the problem. I cant seem to come up with the right equation for "3 years from now", everything I tried ends up a negative number or just wrong.
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Question 234752: if john is twice as old as his son in 20 years the ratio of their ages will be 4:3 what is Johns sons current age?
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Question 234785: if a boy is 4years older than his sister and there combined age is the sum of 14 then how old is the boy? what is the girl age?
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Question 235127: Mary's sister is 7 years older than Mary.Their combined ages add up to 35. How old is Mary?
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Question 235582: Roland, Mark and Peter are 3 children in the same family. Peter is 3 times Marks age. In 2 years Peter will be twice the age Roland is at that time. Roland is 1 year older than Mark. How old are the children?
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Question 235944: A is 9 years younger than B,and 6 years older than C; three fourth's of A's age, four fifth's of B's and one half of C's amount with 37 years. find their ages
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Question 235938: In 17 years a father will be twice as old as his son, whose age at the present time is one third of his father's age. How old is the father now?
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Question 236101: My brother is 2 years old and I am 12 years old. In how many years will I be twice as old as my brother?
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Question 236833: A man is 20 yrs older than his son.In 10 yrs, he will be twice as old as his will be then be.How old is each?

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