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Question 290699: Tom is asked his age, and he responds, My age is nine less than half of my math teacher's age." The teacher is asked her age, and she responds, My age is three times Tom's age." What is Tom's age?
(a) 18 (b) 54 (c) 27 (d) 16 (e) None of the above
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Question 290679: In 2 years I will be 5 times as old as my son and half as old as my father. My father just turned 78 . How old is my son?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

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Question 290790: Amy is twice as old as Jenny. Five years ago, Amy was three times as old as Jenny. Find Jenny's age.
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Question 290789: Rodgers age is 1 and 1/3 times Stevens age. Eight years ago, Rodger's age was twice Steven's age. Find Rodger's age
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Question 291249: A man is nine times as old as his son. In nine years, he will only be three times as old as his son. How old are each now?
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Question 291363: a corporate software development firm has a staff of online support technicians available 24 hours hours a day. they advertise that one of the advantages of using their company is that the ratio of accounts-to-support technicians is 5:1.
This year they have eight technicians on staff and each technician is fully saturated with accounts

A. How many accounts does the company support at this time?
b. the company is projecting a 20% growth each year for the next four years. How many technicians should the company's Human resource manager plan to hire in each of the next four years.
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Question 291909: How old will I be (40 now) when I am three times as old as someone who is 32?
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Question 292040: The average of the ages of a man and his daughter is 34 years. If the respective ratio of their ages four years from now is 14:5, what is the daughter's present age?
(1) 12 (2) 18 (3) 10 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these

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Question 292071: John is 13 years less than 3 times as old as his son. Six years ago, he was 14 years more than twice as old as his son was then. How old is John?
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Question 292112: if i was 16 years old when my niece was born, how old will i be when i am 3 times her age?
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Question 292219: Two years ago John was three times as old as Frank. Five years from now John will be twice as old as Frank. What is the sum of their ages right now?
how do you figure this out? thanks
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Question 292480: Bud's age is 1/7 the age of his uncle. If Bud is 8 years old, how old is his uncle?

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Question 292478: William is six years older than Robert. In two years, William will be twice as old as Robert. Find their ages.

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Question 292939: When asked how old she was, Mary state that in two years she will be twice as old as she was five years ago. How old is she?
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Question 292899: Five years ago, Madge was five times as old as my youngest sister Veronica, Today I’m only three times as old as she is. How old is Madge?
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Question 293178: In 10 years, Samuel will be 1/2 as old as Roman. Five years ago, Samuel was only 1/3 as old as Roman. How old is Samuel now?
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Question 293384: The average age of Samir's parents is 49. His father is 8 years older than his mother. If the average age of Samir and his father is 27, how old is Samir?

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Question 293730: Mark is 13 years older than John. In 9 years, Mark will be twice as old as John. How old is John?
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Question 293990: Lola is 6 times as old as Paul. Last year, she was 10 years older than he was then. how do i do this problem
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Question 294159: Molly is 4 years younger than Heidi. In 3 years, Heidi will be twice as old as Molly. How old are they now?
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Question 294303: On his birthday , brian was 14 years old and his father was 41. brian noticed that his age was the reverse of his fathers age . how many years will pass before ages are again reversals of one another ?

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Question 294415: Bill is one year less than twice as old as his sister Caroline. The total of their ages is 26. How old is Bill?
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Question 295015: Sabrina lived half her life in Toronto and one third of her life in Niagara Falls. She then moved to Brampton.
1) If She lived in Brampton for four years, how old is Sabrina now?

2) How long has she lived in each place
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Question 295029: Sabrina lived half her life in Toronto and one third of her life in Niagara Falls. She then moved to Brampton.
**Answer In Fractions. Using Pictures and Words**

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Question 295156: In 2 years, Jorge will be 3 times as old as maria is now.
In 10 years, Jorge will be 4 times as old as maria is now
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Question 295243: If my son is 13years old and my daughter is 5 years old,how old am I?
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Question 295225: John is 13 years less than 3 times as old as his son. Six years ago, he was 14 years more than twice as old as his son was then. How old is John?
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Question 295366: Bob is one third the age of his father. In 12 years he will be half the age of his father. How old is each now?

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Question 295499: Fred is 3 years older than George. In 4 years from now, Fred will be three times as old as George was 5 years ago. How old are they now?
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Question 295799: An eight-year old boy named Nathan wants to compare his age with of his mother and grandfather. His mother is exactly four times his age and his grandfather is exactly seven timess his age. How old is Nathan's mother? How old is his grandfather? Can you rewrtie the problem statement in the form of an equation? If so, what is required for you to write it? Nathan has two brothers, Conner and Josh. If we add 2 to Conner's age, it is exactly 1/2 the age of their older brother Josh, who is 12. How old is Conner? How many years will it be until Conner's age is 1/2 of Josh's age?

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Question 295875: John is 13 years less than 3 times as old as his son. Six years ago, he was 14 years more than twice as old as his son was then. How old is John?
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Question 296356: Alice is 8 years older than her brother john. in 5 years she will be twice as old as john. how old are alice and john now?
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Question 296585: A father is four times his son's age.And in 30yrs the son will be half as old as his father.How old are the father and son each now?
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Question 296795: In ten years Sarah will be four less than twice her current age. How old is Sarah?
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Question 296828: Melissa is 24 years younger than Joyce. In 2 years Joyce will be 3 times as old as Melissa will be then. How old are they now?
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Question 296864: Mrs. Brooks lacks 7 years from being five times as old as her son. Six years from now she will lack 3 years from being three times as olds as her son is then. Find each of their ages...can you help me put this into an equation step by step???
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Question 297071: Raghvan has spent a quarter of his life as a boy.One fifth as a youth,one-third as a man and 13 in old age.what is his present age?
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Question 297444: Hot chocolate sells for $.75 and coffee sells for $.50 at a football game. If they sold $200 worth of hot drinks and used 295 cups, how many of each drink did they sell?
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Question 297438: toms weight plus twice my weight is 361. My weight plus twice toms weight is 362. How much is my weight and toms weight?
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Question 297501: 3rd class math question anyone..! In 5 yrs time, i will be three times as old as i was three years ago, how old am i now..??
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Question 297602: If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?
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Question 297898: Roberta now is 3 times as old as Ricky. Five years from now she will be twice as old as Ricky is then. What are the ages of both Ricky and Roberta?
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Question 297908: Doris is 3 years older than Jennifer. the sum of their ages is 29. Whats the ages of both Jennifer and Doris?
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