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Question 251313: A 50 year old man has two children. One of the children is 4 years older than the other. Eight years from now, the father will have the same age as the sum of the ages of the children. What is the age of the younger child now?
a) 14 b) 16 c) 19 d) 24 e) 30
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Question 251773: Dot is 14 years younger than Ditto. Ten years ago, Ditto was 3 times as old as Dot was then. How old is each now?
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Question 251771: Angelina is 6 years younger than Brad. Twelve years ago, Brad was twice as old as Angelina was then. How old are they now?
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Question 251999: Cynthia is three years older than Dina. The sum of their ages will equal 3 times Femi's age. How old is each at present?
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Question 252047: a child is one third the age of a older sibling. The ages of the two children are 16.What the age of the younger child.
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Question 252077: John is as old as Cindy will be when John is twice as old as Cindy was when John was half as old as the sum of their current ages. Cindy is as old as John was when Cindy was half as old as he will be in ten years. How old are John and Cindy?
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Question 252092: 1.Edna is 31 years younger than her father. The sum of their ages is 47.. Find the ages.
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Question 252329: Gil is twice as old as Bill was, when Gil was 8 years younger than Bill is now. The sum of their ages is 60.
C = how old gil is now
B = how old Gil was plu 6
A = how old bill was divided by 4
What are A, B & C? need for a combination lock puzzle.
Thanks!
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Question 252355: The sum of the ages of Mingfa and his father is 34 years . In 4 years time , the square of Mingfa's age will be equal to his father's age . FInd Mingfa's present age
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Question 252382: Four years from now Jackie will be twice mary's age. mary is now 3, how old is jackie?
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Question 252382: Four years from now Jackie will be twice mary's age. mary is now 3, how old is jackie?
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Question 252385: if one factor of six x to the 2nd power + 5x - 6 is 3x - 2 the factor is?
1 3x+2
2 6x+3
3 2x+3
4 2x-3
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Question 252386: 1) if the product (2x+3)(x+k)is 2x to the 2nd power + 13x+15 find the value of k
2)write a quadratic expression that is the difference of two squares.
3)factor 15m to the 4 power - 6m to the 2nd power + 9m
4)14x to the 5th power - 49x to the 8th power
5) subtract (-8x to the 4th power +3x)-(5x-4-x to the 4th power)
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Question 252437: 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 250944: Tulu was 24 years older than Hadas six years ago. Tulu was five times as old as Hadas at that time. Find the present ages of Tulu and Hadas.
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Question 250943: Tulu is 24 years older than Hadas six years ago. Tulu was five times as old as Hadas was at the time. Find the present ages of Tulu and Hadas.
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Question 252537: The ages of Sean and Bryan now total 49 years. Bryan’s age now is twice the age
that Sean’s was when Bryan’s age was the same as Sean’s is now. How many
years old is Bryan?
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Question 252633: Gideon is 30 years younger than his father, His mother is three times as old as her son. Find Gideon's age if his father is two years older than his mother.
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Question 252630: how many liters of water must be added to 10L of 50% acid solution to produce 80% acid solution?
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Question 252630: how many liters of water must be added to 10L of 50% acid solution to produce 80% acid solution?
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Question 252669: george is 3years older than his sister janet .in 7years she will be 6\7 of his age . how old is she?
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Question 252659: Jan is 3 times as old as Maria. In seven years the sum of their ages will be 30. How old is each now?
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Question 252642: Marivic is 20 years older than Fe. Seven years from now , Marivic will be thrice as old as Fe. Find Their present ages
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Question 252801: Three years ago Sam was twice as old as Jim. In two years, Jim will be 7 years
old. How old will Sam be in two years?
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Question 250313: soil from beneath the church was found to have lost 12% of its carbon-14. How old was the soil?
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Question 252988: jerome's father is three times as old as jerome. Four years ago, he was five times as old. find the age of jerome and his father.

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Question 252988: jerome's father is three times as old as jerome. Four years ago, he was five times as old. find the age of jerome and his father.

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Question 253006: anita is twice as old as anna. if 6 is subtracted from anna's age, and 2 is added to anita's age, anita will then be four times as old as anna. find their ages.
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Question 253023: jaime is now 35 years older than his son. in 5 years, he will be twice as old as his son. what are their present ages?
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Question 253044: Boris was 26 years old in 1970, when his daughter Olga, was born. In what year was Boris exactly 3 times as old as Olga?
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Question 253015: jaime is now 35 years older than his son. in 5 years, he will be twice as old as his son. what are their present ages?
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Question 253005: jaime is now 35 years older than his son. in 5 years, he will be twice as old as his son. what are their present ages?
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Question 253180: billy said, fifteen years from now, i shall be four times as old as i am now. how old is billy?
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Question 253251: A father's age is 3 more than four times the age of his son. If the product of their ages is 351, what is the father's age?
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Question 253251: A father's age is 3 more than four times the age of his son. If the product of their ages is 351, what is the father's age?
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Question 253305: mary is twice mark's age; if the difference in their ages are 24. how old is mark
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Question 253406: If 3 times Jane's age in years, is equal to 8 times Beth's age in years and the difference between their ages in 15 years, how old are Jane and Beth?
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Question 253420: Ron is 1/2 as old as Sam, who is three times as old as Ted. The sum of their ages is 55. How old is Ron
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Question 253371: if i took away two years from my age and gave them to my sister she be twice my age well why don't i take just one more year off mine and put it on my sister. That makes her three times my age? what is the age of each person
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Question 253433: John's age plus Mary's age is 59 years. The difference in their ages is 33 years. Can you tell the age for each one? Why or why not? If you ALSO know that John is younger than Mary, what are their ages?
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Question 253447: Mary is three times older than Joseph the sum their ages is 29
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Question 253532: Larry is 8 years older than his sister. In 3 years, he will be twice as old as she is now. How old are they now?
im having a trouble once i get up to the substitution step. how do you find out their ages? please show the work
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Question 253659: math's youth lasted 1/6 of his life
he had first beard in the next 1/12th of his life
at the end of the following 1/7th of his life, math got married
5 years from then his son was born
his son live exactly half of maths life
math died four years after the death of his son
how long did math live?
HELP!

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Question 253795: Francine is now 16 years old. In 6 years, she will be twice as old as her brother is then. How old is her brother now?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 11 (E) 12

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