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Question 458819: 1. the length of a rectangle is greater than twice its breadth by 4cm. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 26cm. Find its length and breadth.
2. The sum of the present ages of Ram and Shaym is 36 yrs. Ram is elder than Shaym by 2 rs. Find Their present ages.

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Question 458845: maria is 30 years old.her age is 5x of her son.how old is her son

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Question 459136: Three years ago, Jeffrey was twice as old as Michael is now. In nine years, Jeffery will be four times as old as Michael is now. What are Jeffery's and Michael's current age.
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Question 459668: My great grandmother,grandmother,mother & myself. If u reverse the digits of my age u will get the age of my great grandmother. I was born when my mother was 21. My mother was born when her mother was 21 and my grandmother was born when her mother was 21. Now can u tell our ages???
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Question 459890: the total age between a father and son is 56 years.14 years later, the fathers age is twice of the son`s age. how old is the son?
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Question 459955: Jerry's age 10 years ago can be expressed as?
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Question 459954: In Ryan Corporation, the first shift produced 5 1/2 times as many lightbulbs as the second shift. If the total lightbulbs produced was 16,250, how many lightbulbs were produced on shift #1?

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Question 460547: One-eleventh of all sales at Joe's Diner is for cash. If cash sales for the week were $380, what were Joe's total sales?

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Question 460546: Mike and Bill sell cars for Jangle's Auto. Over the past year they sold 640 cars. Assuming Mike sells 3 times as many as Bill, how many cars did Mike sell?

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Question 460544: The sum of the ages of Joe and Jim is 92. Eight years from now, Joe will be twice Jim's age. Find Joe's present age?
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Question 460688: The ratio of detectives to patrol officers is 2:9 The police force has 187 detectives and patrolemen, how many detectives
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Question 460688: The ratio of detectives to patrol officers is 2:9 The police force has 187 detectives and patrolemen, how many detectives
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Question 460688: The ratio of detectives to patrol officers is 2:9 The police force has 187 detectives and patrolemen, how many detectives
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Question 461174: I am three times as old as my son. Five years later I shall be two and a half times as old as my son. What is my age?
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Question 461167: Five years from ago, Zack was three times as old Aaron. Five years from now, Zack will be twice as old as aaron. How old is Aaron?
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Question 461318: after 16 yeras fatima will be three times as old as she is now . Find her present age.
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Question 461546: a man is thrice as old as his son . Three years ago the man was four times as old as his son. Find their present ages.
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Question 461640: jim is 5 years older than cindy.4 years ago, the sum of their ages was 21.find each of their ages now
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Question 461660: you and your four sisters have a booth in the community's sale. the total income is divided by 5 and each person gets 200. write an equation to find the income. then solve the equation.
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Question 461661: Boadicea died one hundred and twenty-nine years after Cleopatra was born. Their united ages (that is, combined years of their complete lives) were one hundred years. Cleopatra was born 30 B.C. When was Bodicea born?
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Question 461774: bill is 6 years older than Tom. Three years ago Bill's age was four times Tom's age. What is the age of each boy?
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Question 461830: When my father was 32, I was 9. Now he is twice as old as I am. HOW OLD AM I?
I've got the answer via guess and check but my teacher demands an equation. PLEASE HELP!
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Question 461939: If the sum of a fathers and sons age is 53, and the son is 25 years younger then the dad how old is the son
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Question 462031: Five years ago Jenny was exactly double the age of John. Five years from now John will be exactly 3/4 tha age of Jenny.Calcute both their ages.
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Question 462064: A women has seven children, including two sets of triplets. If you multiply the kids ages you get 6591. How old are the children?
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Question 462137: In 8 years time I will be twice the age I was 3 years ago ... How old am I now?
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Question 462217: a daughter is 5 years old and her mother 25 years old now.in how many years time will the daughter be half as old as her mother
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Question 462374: beths mom is 6 times older than beth. beths dad is 7 years older than beths mom the sum of their ages is 72 how old are each of them
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Question 462448: My Father, twice my age now, was six times my age twenty years ago. How old am I?
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Question 462444: A father is 5 times as old as his son. In 18 years, the father will be twice as old as his son. How old is the father at present?

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Question 462753: John is 13 years old. He is 3 years older than twice his sister Mary's age. How old is john?
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Question 462837: Brad is 6 years older than Pedro. Five years ago Pedro's age was three-fourths of Brad's age at that time. Find the present ages of Brad and Pedro.
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Question 462934: Please help me solve this problem.In 1992 life expectancy of males was 64.1 years. In 1998 it was 66.5 years.
Let E represent life expectancy in year t and let t represent number of years since 1992.
Linear function E(t) that fits this data is
E(t)=?t + ? (rounded to nearest 10th)
Life expectancy of males in 2009
E(17)=?
How do I figure out what to put in the spaces where the "?" are? Thank you for any help you can give me.
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Question 463081: Reggie is 5 years old than Lani. Five years ago the sum of their ages was 25. How old are they now?
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Question 463435: Please answer as soon as possible...
1) 3 graduating students who are applying for a part-time job have ages which sum up to 60. The sum of the ages of the first 2 students less the age of the third student gives 12. If the third student is 5 yrs. older than the first student, find their ages.
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Question 463455: seven years ago, Mary was 6 times as old as Cora. in one year, she will be only twice as old as Cora. Find their present ages.
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Question 464053: a man is 67. His son is 29. In how many years will his son be exactly half his father’s age?
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Question 464055: Jaime is twice as old as his brother, Ricardo. In 5 years, Ricardo will be the same age as his brother was ten years ago. What are their present ages?
Thank you in advance for any help
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Question 464283: a man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. Which one the following is the present of his son ?

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Question 464440: please help me solve this problem , thank you .
Ten years ago, a father was three times as old as his sons. If he is now only twice as old as his son, find their present ages.
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Question 464486: tom's father is jack then Jack is .......tom's father .
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Question 464507: A father is thrice as old as his son . Five years Ago , he was four times as old. How old is the father?
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