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Question 346209: fred is 4 years older than barney. five years ago the sum of their ages was 48 how old are they now
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Question 346221: maria is 3 years older than her brother, luis. luis is 2 years older than their younger sister, karla. the sum of their ages is 55. how old are the siblings?
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Question 346164: Write an equation for each problem. Do not try to solve. Carolyn is three times as old as her brother
Dennis, who is 6 years older than their brother Brian. The sum of their ages is 44. How old is Carolyn?
[A] 3D+ D+ D+ 6 = 44 [B] 3D+ D- D+ 6 = 44
[C] 3D+ D+ D- 6 = 44 [D] 3D- D+ D+ 6 = 44
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Question 346406: There are 3 Pizza with different diameters. pizza with 7cm dia costs $70, pizza with 14cm dia costs $350 and pizza with 21cm dia costs $700. Which pizza is the best value for money?
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Question 346557: Jacks father is twice as old as Jack. After 10 years, he will be twice his son. Find their present ages
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Question 346558: Sam is twice as old as John was two years ago. If the difference between their ages be 2 years, how old is Sam today?
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Question 346808: rogers age is 1 1/3 times stevens age.eight years ago rogans age was twice stevens age.find rogers age
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Question 346808: rogers age is 1 1/3 times stevens age.eight years ago rogans age was twice stevens age.find rogers age
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Question 346711: The sum of four times a number and 21 is greater than 45 and less than 73. What r the possible values for the numbers?
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Question 347064: ana is 5 years than twice as paul. Sum of their age is 19. how old are they?
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Question 347113: Rose is two thirds as old as johnny. In 5 years, the sum of their ages will be 50 years. Find their present ages.
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Question 347411: Paul is 3 times as old as anna, in 12 years , he will be twice as old as anna . What is pauls age?
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Question 347438: the sum of two numbers is 80 their difference is 12. what are the numbers

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Question 347796: abe and his younger sister are 3 years apart in age. if the sum of their ages will be 35 next year, what are their ages now?
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Question 347796: abe and his younger sister are 3 years apart in age. if the sum of their ages will be 35 next year, what are their ages now?
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Question 347845: five yrs ago lucy was three times as old as lovely. 10 yrs later, lucy would be twice as old as lovely how old are they now?
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Question 347851: in 6 years, B will be 2/3 as old as A; and 8 years ago, he was 1/5 as old.find their ages at present.
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Question 347931: A father is 10 years older than three times his son's age.
The sum of their ages is 58. What is the difference between the father's age and his son's?

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Question 347799: latoya is twice as old as her cousin was 3 years ago. if the sum of their ages now is 15, how old is each one of them?
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Question 348029: abe and his younger sister are 3 years apart in age. if the sum of their ages will be 35 next year, what are their ages now?
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Question 348574: WORD PROBLEM (AGE PROBLEM)
1. Six years ago Jun was 4 times as old as Joan.In four years, he would be twice as old as Joan. How old are they now?
2. At present, Pedro's age is 25percent of his father's age.Twenty years from now Pedro's age would be 50percent of his fathers age. How old are they?
pls help me to solve this problem.. thank you

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Question 348569: please help me solve this word problems....AGE PROBLEMS
problem 1: A is eleven times as old as B. In a certain number of years A would be five times as old as B, and five years after that he would be three times as old as B. How old are they now.
problem 2: At present John's age is 30 percent of his father's age. Twenty years from now, John's age would be 58 percent of his father's age. How old are they?
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Question 348597: Jamie is 4 years younger than her brother. Five years from now, the sum of their ages will be 32. Find Jamie's present age.
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Question 348744: Aaron is twice as old as Robert. Seven years ago the sum of their ages was 16. How old are Aaron and Robert now?
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Question 348737: The paint is 21 years newer that the brush. The paint is also one fourth as old as the brush. How old is each one?
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Question 348773: Jessica is 14 and her grandfather is 54. How many years ago was her grandfather 6 times as old as Jessica?
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Question 348773: Jessica is 14 and her grandfather is 54. How many years ago was her grandfather 6 times as old as Jessica?
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Question 348905: Sarah is 3 times older than Joe. Their ages added together add up to 16. How old is Sarah?
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Question 348905: Sarah is 3 times older than Joe. Their ages added together add up to 16. How old is Sarah?
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Question 349090: Gideon is 30 yrs. younger than father. His mother is 3 times as old as his son. Find Gideons age if his father is 2 yrs. older than his mother.
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Question 349078: jay is 12 years older than mario. If mario's age 2 years from now is half jay's age six years from now, how ild will each be in 10 years?
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Question 349219: Pat is 20 years older than his son Patrick. In 2 years Pat will be twice as old as Patrick. How old are they now?
Can you give me more then just the answer...I want to know how to get the answer.
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Question 349592: Fame is 10 yrs. older than EJ. Five years ago, EJ was two years more than one fourth as old as Fame. What are their present ages?
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Question 349796: Bill is 7 years older than his dog. The sum of their ages is 19. How old is Bill?

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Question 349994: Zelma is eighteen years older than her son. She was three times as oldas he was one year ago. How old are they now?

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Question 350259: I am six years older than my brother. There was a time when I was twice as old as he was. What was
his age when I was twice as old?
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Question 350468: The sum of linda's and steve's ages is 113. Steve is 11 years older than linda. How old is linda and how old is steve?
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Question 350507: jane and cindy are sisters. jane is 6 years older than cindy. the sum of their ages is 28. how old is jane? how old is cindy?
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Question 350729: 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?
This is a multiple choice question, and I have tried to solve to get the answer, but it didn't appear on the sheet. Here is what I did:
(6+x) + (11+x) = 41
17 + 2x = 41
2x = 24
x = 12 ? Is this correct?
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Question 350766: THE AGES OF THREE BROTHERS ARE CONSECUTIVE *EVEN* INTEGERS. THE SUM OF THEIR AGES IS 54. HOW OLD IS EACH OF THE BROTHERS?
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Question 350766: THE AGES OF THREE BROTHERS ARE CONSECUTIVE *EVEN* INTEGERS. THE SUM OF THEIR AGES IS 54. HOW OLD IS EACH OF THE BROTHERS?
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Question 350802: WORD PROBLEM:
PLS. HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU.
PROBLEM 1. When A and B both work, they can paint a certain house in 8 days. Also, they could paint this house if A worked 12 days and B worked 6 days. How long would it take to paint the house alone?
Problem 2: Workmen A and B complete a certain job if they work together in 6 days, or if A works for 12 days and B works for 3 days. How long would it take each man, alone, to complete the job?
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Question 350819: Sam said to his friend :two days ago Kate was still 10. Her 13th birthday will be next year: when is Kate's birthday
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Question 350793: six years ago Jun was 4 times as old as Joan. In four years, he would be twice as old as Joan. How old are they now?
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Question 351456: mark is 4 years younger than his sister. six years ago marks sister was 5 times his age at that time. How old are Mark and his sister now
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