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Question 448052: Bob is 35 and Jill is 10. In how many years will Bob be twice as old as Jill?
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Question 448141: we are having a problem finding the correct answer to this math problem.
Which represents the description below?
21 fewer than 9 times 6
is it
21-(9X6)
or
(9X6)-21
thank you!
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Question 448422: When Sue and Steve played one-on-one basketball they scored a total of 63 points. Sue scored twice as many points as Steve. What were their scores?
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Question 448423: Jim is 24 years old. His son is one-sixth his age. How many years will it take until his son is HALF Jim’s age?
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Question 448547: Tom is 3 times as old as Todd. In 2 years Tom’s age will be 6 years more than 2 times as old as Todd.
How old is Tom?
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Question 448836: If the dad's age is 48 and the son's age is 12, how many times older is the dad compared to the son?

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Question 449036: When Grace is as old as her father is now, her brother will be twice as old as he is now and the age Grace will be when her brother is as old as her father is now. The total age of the three is a century. How old is each person?
Thank you.
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Question 448858: beth age in 15years would be twice what it was 17 years ago.how old is beth now?

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Question 448186: a man is twice as old as his son . In 10 years the sum of their ages will be 83 years. find thier present ages
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Question 448183: Jan and her sister have a cdombined age of 18 years. Jan is 2 years older than her sister. How old is Jan?
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Question 449472: What is the child's age if increased by 3 years which make it a perfect square. Child's age if decreased by 3 years which then square root of that perfect square
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Question 449908: David is twice as old as his daughter. In 4 yrs David's age will be 3x what his daughter's age was 6 yrs ago. How old are they now?
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Question 450069: A woman is 8 times as old as her 4 year old son. One day she will be twice as old her son. How old will she be when this occurs?
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Question 450534: frank is eight years older than his sister. In three year he will be twice as old as she is. how old are they now
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Question 450524: raju is 19 yr younger than his cousin,after 5 yr their ages are in the ratio 2:3.what is their present age?
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Question 450486: when tony has his birthday tomorrow, his age in months will be the same as his grandfathers in years. How old will tony be if their combined ages will be 78
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Question 450432: The two Taylor girls were born in a consecutive, even years. If the product of their ages is 224, how old is each girl.
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Question 450933: My brother bob wonders how long does it take to solve this problem
pi * x*x=pi
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Question 451058: Miguel is 46 years old. He is 6 years older than thrice his son’s age. Find the age of his son.

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Question 451068: A man is 9 times older than his son. After 9 years, he will only be 3 times older than his son. How old are they now?
My Answer is 27 for the father and 3 for the son (after evaluating "9x + 9 = 3 (x + 9")). However, it is incorrect according to the class.

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Question 451115: a father tells his son "I was your age now when you were born". If the father is 38 years old now, how old is his son?

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Question 451145: Tom's age is 5 more than twice Dick's age.
Which expression represents this?

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Question 451206: The ages of Ramesh and Rahim are in the ratio 5:7.If Ramesh were 9years older and Rahim 9years younger,the age of Ramesh would have been twice the age of Rahim find there ages.
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Question 451778: jack's dad is 40 years old. Jack is fourteen years old. How old will each of them be when his dad is twice as old as jack?
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Question 451778: jack's dad is 40 years old. Jack is fourteen years old. How old will each of them be when his dad is twice as old as jack?
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Question 451904: determine the value of x:
(3-x):(x+1) = 2:1
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Question 451997: I am having trouble setting up the system for the following problem:
The sum of Tom's age and Vanessa's age is 72. In 9 years the sum of their ages will be twice Tom's present age.
I know the first equation for the first sentence is: t + j = 72. What about the second sentence?
Thank you!
~Gina
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Question 451996: the sum of the present ages of Vatha and Chris is 36. In 4 years time, the sum of their ages will equal twice Vatha's present age. How old are they now?
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Question 452280: A man is 8 times older than his son. After 5 years, he will only be 3 times older than his son. How old are they now?
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Question 452279: A man is 9 times older than his son. After 9 years, he will only be 3 times older than his son. How old are they now?
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Question 452324: Tom is 5 times as old as Todd. In 8 years toms age will be 4 years more than 3 times as old as Todd. How old is Tom?
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Question 452608: Two years ago my age was a multiple of 6. Last year it was a multiple of 5. I am less then 50 years old. How old am I now?
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Question 452626: Please help with this problem! What is the mass of a 100 kg person on earth?
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Question 452636: Tom is twice as old as Jack,Meagan is 3 years younger than Tom, jennifer is 12 years old Jack is 2/3 jennifers age.How many years younger is jennifer than meagan?

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Question 453167: How do I write the equation necessary to find out when my age will be three times that of my grand daughter? Our current ages are 57 and 4. Thank you for your help
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Question 453179: at some pint during the lives of you and the youngest person, your age will be three times his age at that moment. Write an equation which modesl how old in years each of you will be when you are three times as old as the younger person. oldest person's age is 54 and youngest person's age is 32
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Question 453181: Five years from now, a father's age will be three times his son's age, and five years ago, he was seven times as old as his son was. What are their present ages?
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Question 453283: In 1985, the Lincoln maemorial was 1 1/2 times as old as the jefferson memorial. if the lincoln memorial was built 21 years before the jefferson memorial, give the year when each was built
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Question 453287: Find a two-decimal-place number between 0 and one such that the sum of its digits is 9 and such that if the digits are reversed the number is increased by 0.27
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Question 453444: Ray and Gary are the same age. The sum of Ray, Gary and Steve's age is 48. Steve is 1/3 the age of Ray and Gary combined. How old is Steve?
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Question 453691: Amy has three older sisters. Beth is 2 years older than Amy. Jo is 3 years older than Beth. Meg is 4 years older than Jo. Meg is twice as old as Beth. How old is Amy?
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Question 454010: how do i work out a word problem in algebra format. john is 4 years younger than his sister mary. the sum of their ages is 20. using algebra by letting marys age = x and constructing an equation. find johns age. i know the answer is 8. but i do not know how to write it down in algebra
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