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Question 328814: Susie is 7 years old. She is 1 year older than one-eighth the age of her father. How old is Susie's father?
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Question 329067: One half of Ana's age four years from now plus one third of her age three years ago is twenty-one. how old is she now?
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Question 329081: A woman is 10 years older than her brother. Next year she will be twice as old as him? How old are they now? How do I write this as an equation?
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Question 329321: jason is y years old. his sister jessica is twice as old as jason is. Their added ages total 30

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Question 329408: In 7 years, Erin will be twice as old as she was 8 years ago. how old is Erin now?
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Question 329408: In 7 years, Erin will be twice as old as she was 8 years ago. how old is Erin now?
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Question 329408: In 7 years, Erin will be twice as old as she was 8 years ago. how old is Erin now?
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Question 329582: if x-y=20 and x is 30 find y
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Question 330093: when maria was born her mother was 24 years old at present maria's age is 20%of her mother's age how old is maria now?
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Question 330492: half of henry's age added to one-third of daisy's age is 11 years. Six years from now, the sum of their ages will be 40 years. how old is each?
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Question 330793: A town has a population growth rate of 10% per year. The population in 1990 was 2000. What was the population in
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Question 330804: The digits of a three-digit number add up to 18. If the ten’s digit is twice the hundred’s digit and the hundred’s digit is 1/3 the unit’s digit, what is the number? ?

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Question 330819: 3 years ago, Primo is ten times as old as Terzo. After 15 years, Primo is only five times as ols as Terzo. What are their present ages?
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Question 331128: The questions is: "If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and their total age is 41. Then how old is Sue?"
I have tried averaging their ages and I attempted to set up an equation, but I know it isn't correct. I know the answer is 8 from my answer key, but I can not figure out how to get that. Can you please work the problem for me step by step so I can see how to get the answer and use it as an example towards other problems I am working.
As soon as possible would be awesome b/c my test is tomorrow. I just found this website or I wouldn't have waited so long. Thanks so Much!!!!
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Question 331147: Fred is 3 years older than his sister mary. In 7 years she will be six-sevenths of his age. how old are they?
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Question 331283: Eddie is 7 years older than Brian. If Brian is x years old, then how old was Eddie 11 years ago?
(a) x - 18 (b) x - 4 (c) x - 7 (d) 7x - 11 (e) x + 18
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Question 331473:
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Question 331545: find their present age
x+y=42-jed
y+z=59-Johnny
x+z=53 joseph
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Question 331591: como solucionar este problema...
Lety y Luis son gemelos. si sumando la sexta parte de edad de Lety, con
la octava parte de la edad de Luis da un total de 14 a;os.
Que edad tienen?
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Question 331596: Can someone please help me work through this?
The number of insects attracted to a bright light is currently 5. If the number is expected to quadruple every 9 minutes, how long will it take for the number to reach 700?
____ minutes
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Question 331606: The polynomial 0.041h-0.081a-2.69 cab be used to estimate the lung capacity, in liters, of a female with height h, in centimeters, and age a, in years. Find the lung capacity of a 30-year old woman who is 190 centimeters tall.
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Question 331693: Dear Sir/Madam; Pls. kindly see the problem below:
Question: In three years, Janice will be three times as old as her daughter. Six years ago, her age was her daughter's age squared. How old is Janice?
I wrote out an Algebraic expression for this problem as follows: denoting the daughter's age by x to be able to solve for her daughter's age first, so Janice's age in three years would be: 3x+3, and her age six years ago would have been x2-6; x2-6+3x+3=0, which when simplified will look like this; x2+3x-3=0. But I do not think I am right. Could you please help. Thank you.
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Question 332197: six years ago, rosa was four times old as her daughter. Ten years from now, she will be only twice as old. How old are they now???
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Question 332194: rendell father is 9times as old as he is.one year before he was 2years more that eleven times as old as rendell.find rendell present age.
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Question 332195: If 3 times Jane's age, in years, is equal to 8 times Beth's age, in years, and the difference between their ages is 15 years, how old are Jane and Beth?
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Question 332193: a man is 2years more than thrice his son age,if the sum of their age is 46 how old are they?
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Question 332488: I need an equation that models how old in years each of you will be, when your ages add up to 150 years old. The ages are 42, 72, and 15
I cant seem to get make an equation. However, I think the answer is 49, 79, 22... Cand you help me get an equation?
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Question 332507: i am three times as old as my son. 5 years later,i shall be two and a half times as old as my son. how old am i and how old is my son
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Question 332489: I need an equation which models how old, in years, you will be when you are 3 times as old as the younger person. Ages: 42 and 15
Thanks for your help
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Question 332797: John, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. How old will John be when he is twice as old as his brother?
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Question 332932: A girls mother is 28 years older than she. In 4 years her mother will be 3 times her age. How old is the mother now?
I tried:
d = daughter
m = mother
d = m - 28
m = d + 28
d + 4 = 1/3(m + 4)
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Question 332952: In years, write an equation which models how old, in years, I will be when I am 3 times the age of the younger. Younger = 4 & I am 54.
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Question 333303: My age today is three times what it will be three years from now, minus three times what my age was three years ago. How old am I? i want explianation
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Question 333422: For the problem I have to solve it says I have to write a system of equations involving two equations in two variables then to solve the system. Here is the problem: Jean is twice as old as Michael. The sum of their ages 3 years ago was 45 years. Find their ages now.
I tried to solve it without the sytem of equations and i got the answer of jean:32 and Michael:16 but then I realized I would get the question wrong if I didn't show the system of equations. Please help me.
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Question 333432: Vanessa is 1 year more than three times the age of Lori. The difference of their ages is 25. How old is Vanessa?
I know the answer, but I dont know how to work it out!! Thanks for your help.
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Question 333436: A mother is 8 times as old as her daughter and 4 times as old as her son. How old is each if the son is 4 years older than the daughter?
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Question 333547: Margaret is 16 years younger than Alice. Alice is 3 times as old as Jonathan. A year ago, Alice's age was twice the sum of Margaret's and Jonathan's ages. How old is Margaret now?
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Question 333707: In a group of five friends, the sums of the ages of each group of four of them are 124, 128, 130, 136, and 142. What is the age of the youngest?
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Question 333745: My algebra teacher gave us this problem, I don't know how to start solving it. Please help me.
Marty is 1/3 as old as her mother. Five years ago she was only 1/5 of the age of her mother. How old is Marty?
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Question 333772: 2 yrs. ago a man's age was 3 times the square of his son's age . 3 yrs. hence his age will be 4 times his son's age. Find their present ages
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Question 333937: Four years ago Tarick was three years older than twice Deonte's age then. Six years from now the sum of their ages will be 39. Find the difference in their present ages.
*****I have tried solving this word problem several times but I am not getting the correct answer. (I already know the answer, I just need a little help solving it) My teacher gave the answer 25/3. I can't solve it to get that answer. I think I'm just not setting it up correctly or I'm confused by the wording of the question.*****
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