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Question 351523: Monica is one year older than twice her sister's age. The difference of their ages is 18. Find theor present ages.
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Question 351528: pls. help me solve this problem
thank you.
prob 1. A boat goes 6 miles downstream in a river in 30 minutes and returns upstream in 45 minutes. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current.
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Question 351520: Emerald is 5 years older than Sapphire. Ruby is twice as old as Sapphire. The sum of the three ages is 65. How old is each?
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Question 351462: find four consecutive even integers where three times the first is ten more than twice the last
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Question 351463: Luke has $1.65 in his pocket in nickles and quarters. He has 13 coins (nickles and quarters) HOw many nickles does Luke have and How many quarters?
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Question 352076: The sum of Alex's age and that of his father is 56. Three years before, Alex's age was a third of his father's age. In how many years Alex's age will be one third that of his father's age?
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Question 352083: Rosa's age is twice Rod's age and Lily's age is 5 years younger than Rosa. The sum of Rosa's and Rod's age is 3 less than twice Lily's age. Find the ages of the three.
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Question 352321: Kayla is 12 year old. This is three years less than one-third her father's age. How old is her father?
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Question 352419: Adam is 5 years younger than Eve. In 1 year, Eve will be 3 times as old as Adam was 4 years ago. Find their ages now.
Thanks for your help!
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Question 352560: if peter is 7 years older than sharon and john is twice as old as peter, work out how old peter is if the average of their ages is 19
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Question 352560: if peter is 7 years older than sharon and john is twice as old as peter, work out how old peter is if the average of their ages is 19
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Question 352584: Moe is 6 times Curley's age. If the difference inthei ages is 20 years, how old is Moe?
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Question 352584: Moe is 6 times Curley's age. If the difference inthei ages is 20 years, how old is Moe?
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Question 352585: Jim and Al sold a total of 600 hotodgs in a month. If Jim sold 5 times as many as Al. How much did each sell?
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Question 352585: Jim and Al sold a total of 600 hotodgs in a month. If Jim sold 5 times as many as Al. How much did each sell?
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Question 353094: My house is three times as old as my car. In another three years it will be twice as old as my car.
How old is my car?
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Question 353246: Sarah is 3 times as old as Rob. their ages together add up to 16. how old is Sarah?
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Question 353466: Grace is twice as old as Tim. Ten years ago, she was 4 times as old as Tim. How old is each now?
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Question 353507: Nathan is 8 years older than Steven. Steven is 3 years older than Megan. Megan is 11 years younger than Nathan. The sum of their ages is 65. How old is Megan?
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Question 353836: If Jay is 12 years old and Tom is 4 years old. How many years will it be before Tom is 1/2 of Jay's age?
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Question 353889: If I have been working at my job for 1/4 of my life, how long will it be until I had been working in my job for 1/3 of my life?
I think the answer is 1/8th of my life more but I can figure out how I got this answer other than guess and check. Could you help me? Thank you
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Question 354104: 25 years ago, Hailey was five more than one-third as old as Jason was. Today, Jason is twenty six less than two times the age of Hailey. How old is Jason?
How do I figure this out.
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Question 354226: The sum of the ages of a father and son is 46 years. In 2 years, the son will be one-fourth as old as the father. What is the father's age now?
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Question 354254: In 1992 the life expectancy of males in a certain country was 67.2 years. In 1997 it was 69.7 years. Let E represent the life expectancy in year t and let t represent the number of years since 1992. The linear function E(t) that fits the data is: E(t)=__t+__ (fill in blanks)
Use the function to predict the life expectancy of males in 2007. E(15)=__
PLEASE HELP!!! I have a final due tonight :(
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Question 354372: how do you solve: the sum of 4 times lisa's age and 7 times janes age is 169. jane is 1 year more than twice as old as lisa is. find each of their ages
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Question 354392: A mother is five times as old as her son If twice the age of the son is 3 years less than half of the age of the mother how old are they?
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Question 354400: jon is 8 years old. mr dawson is 5 times older than jon in how many years will mr dawson be 3 times as old as jon ???
Thankss ! please helpp!
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Question 354474: Ruth is twice as old as Pat. In 4 years Ruth will be three times as old as Pat was 3 years ago. How old is each now?
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Question 354376: A mother is five times as old as her son If twice the age of the son is 3 years less than half of the age of the mother how old are they
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Question 354505: my mother is three times as old as i am. if she is 24 years older than me, what are our ages?
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Question 354873: The sum of the ages of Bob and Sue is 11. In 2 years bob will be twice as old as Sue. Find their present ages. Help please....
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Question 354857: 6 years ago ellie was 1/3rd as old as she is today how old was she 6 years ago
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Question 354897: michael is twice as old as maggie. nine years ago, michael was 5 times as old as maggie. how old is each now?
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Question 355052: In ten years, Zachary will be half his father’s age. If his father was 25 years old when he was born, how old is each now?
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Question 355179: If our daughter is 5, and I am 30. How old will we be when our daughter is 3 times my age? I know that I was 25 when she was born. I thought I had it for a second, with her being 15 and me being 40, but then I realized that that was 5 short of being 3x's my age. I am so confused, and my instructor is a no show..Please help me figure out how to do this: )
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Question 355209: What is x^2 + 5x - 6=0 using the quadractic formula?
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Question 355636: Please Help me solve this problem.
Maylen is 20 years older than her daughter Hazel. In ten years time she will be twice as old as her daughter. How old are Maylene and Hazel ?
Thanks ~
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Question 355694: janice has 5 times more than ronald. They have 600 in all. how much does ronald have?
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Question 355738: Paige is 10 years older than her brother. In 7 years, Paige will be twice as old as her brother. How old are Paige and her brother now?
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Question 355849: In 12 years time, Jenni will be tens years less than twice her current age. How old is Jenni now?
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Question 356202: Dad is 42 years old and his son is 10. In how many years will Dad be 3 times as old as his son?
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Question 356235: karen is 3 times as old as Bill, and Bill is 2 years younger than Janice. Six years ago Karen was 2.5 times the age that Janice is now. How old is each person now?
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Question 356881: A woman has a daughter and a son. The son is 3 years older than the daughter. In one year the woman will be six times as old as the daughter is now, and in 10 years, she will be 14 years older than the combined ages of her children. Whats the womans present age?
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