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Question 236871: a man was 26 years old when his son was borned.now he is three times as ols as his son.how old is the son now
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Question 237498: If Sam is 26 years younger than his Dad, at what age will he be exactly half his Dad's age?
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Question 236806: A MAN IS 20 YEARS OLDER THAN HIS SON. IN 10 YEARS HE WILL BE TWICE AS OLD AS HIS SON WILL THEN BE, HOW OLD IS EACH?
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Question 238467: Twice Jim's age, added to Sally's age gives a total of 30. Jim's age 4 years from now will be the same as Sally's age 8 years ago. How old is each now?
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Question 238495: gloria is 4 times as old as theotis. three years ago, she was 7 times as old as he was. how old is each now?
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Question 238610: Tim is one-third the age of Jenny. Ellen is one-half the age of Jenny. The sum of their ages is 44, How old is Tim?
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Question 239345: A father is 3 times as old as his son, after 15 years, the father will be twice as old as his son at that time, therefore, the fathers current age is:
4, 8, 16, 32 or 64
How is this worked out please?
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Question 239839: The world's oldest bride was 19 years older than her groom. Together their combined ages totaled 185 years. How old were the bride and groom?
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Question 239790: 16. The sum of Father and son’s age is 60 years. Six years ago the age of fa-ther is twice the son ‘s age, then the current age of the father is?
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Question 240005: 1. Adam is 3 times as old as Cynthia and Fred is 16 yrs. younger than Adam. One year ago, Adam's age was twice the sum of Chyntia's & Fred's age. Find their present age.

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Question 240423: I am 48, my brother is 42. What is the equation which models how old, in years, I will be when I am 3 times as old as my younger brother.
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Question 240350: A man has 5 sons. Each son is 3 times older than the next younger. The oldest will be 3 times older than the next to younger in 3 years. How old is each son?
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Question 240593: My son is completely unclear how to solve this age problem.
4 years ago Tom was twice as old as John. 4 years from now, John will be 3/4 Tom's age. How old are they now?
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Question 240707: How do I write the equations for this problem?
Pam is 14 and her dad is 37. In how many years will Pam's dad be twice as old as she will be?
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Question 240776: How do I write this problem into an equation:
Sean is 20 and his brother is 12. How many years ago was Sean three times as old as his brother?
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Question 240702: How do I write out this problem to solve it.
Ellen is 11 years older than Maja. Last year Ellen was twice as old as Maja. How old is Maja now?
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Question 240778: How do I write this problem into an equation:
Alex and Alicia are twins. Kevin is 5 years older than the twins. Their ages total 53. How old are the twins?
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Question 241071: If Kurt were 10 years older, he would be twice as old as his sister, and their combined ages would be 36. What are the ages of Kurt and his sister?
Thanks so much!
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Question 241437: peggy is 4 and rose is 10
drowzerz: in how many yrs
will rose be twice as old as peggy?
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Question 241437: peggy is 4 and rose is 10
drowzerz: in how many yrs
will rose be twice as old as peggy?
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Question 241481: in 5 years you will be 3 X as old as you were 3 years ago. How old are you now?
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Question 240706: How do you write the equation for this problem?
Alex and Alicia are twins. Kevin is 5 years older than the twins. Their ages total 53. How old are the twins?
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Question 241039: brandon is 10 years older than brian. in 2 years Brandon will be 3 times as old as Brian. How old are they now?
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Question 241577: john is now 4 times as old as his brother sam. in 4 years, john will be twice as old as sam will be then. find their present ages.
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Question 241776: a man is 40 years old and his son is 8 years old. In how many years will the man be 3 times as old as his son will be then?
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Question 242017: Carbon dating: The amount of carbon-14 present in animal bones after t years is given by , a bone has lost 18% of it's carbon-14, How old are the bones?
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Question 242089: John's mother is five times as old as John. Five years from now she will be just three times as old.How old is john now?
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Question 242371: The three Gracia girls were born in consecutive years.The sum of their ages is more than 39 decreased by the age of the youngest.What is the least possible ages of the girls?
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Question 242516: I've tried charting this several different ways and I am stuck. Kaitlyn is 5 years older than Ethan. Ethan is 3 years younger than Shelby. Shelby is 2 years younger than Kaitlyn. The sum of all three ages is 7 less than 3 times the age of Kaitlyn. How old is Kaitlyn?
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Question 242570: A woman is 20 years more than the age of her daughter. In eleven years she will be 3 years less than twice her daughter's age, how old is each now?

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Question 242634: A MOTHER IS 21 YEARS OLDER THAN HER CHILD. IN EXACTLY 6 YEARS THE MOTHER WILL BE 5 TIMES AS OLD AS THE CILD. WHAT IS THE CHILD,S AGE?
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Question 242633: the sum of Ted and Mac's age is 58, 8 years ago,Ted is twice as old as Mac. How old is Mac?

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Question 242785: paddy is three times as old as Siobhana. Seven years ago, he was five times as old as Sibohana.How old is Paddy now?
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Question 242852: Genny is 14 years old. Her mother is 38. How many years ago was the mother exactly 5 times as old as Genny?
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Question 242899: Sally is 4 years older than Tim. Together, the sum of their ages is 20. How old is each?

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Question 242629: A father is five years more than four times his son`s age, in five years he will be three times his son`s age then. Find their ages?
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Question 242577: two more than twice billys age is 50. How old is billy?

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Question 242932: Kathy is twice as old as Lisa. Three years from now, the sum of their ages will be 42. How old is Kathy?
I would like it if you showed my step, by step how did you do it, I got the answer 24 myself but I'm not completely sure how it did it
X = Kathy's age, 42/2 +3, and then i got 24...
but somehow, your suppose to write it like this: equation=42
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Question 242951: in four years time, a father will be three times as old as his son. six years ago he was seven times as old as his son. how old are they now ?
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Question 243133: The quotient of the ages of a mother and her daughter is 2 and a remainder of 5. Five years ago, mother was thrice as old as the daughter then. How old are they now?
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Question 243305: Amy has the same number of sisters as brothers. Her brother Jason has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many children are in the family?
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Question 243136: Diopanthes (born 250 A.D.)passed a sixth of his life in childhood, a twelfth in adolescence, and a seventh more as a bachelor; five years later, he got married, a son was born to him and died four years before Diopanthes at one-half his father's final age. What is his age from birth till Death ?
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Question 243329: Al is 5 times as old as Tim. In 5 years, Al will be 4 times as old as Tim. How old will Tim be in 5 years?

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