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Question 467995: Sarah is now 3 years older than kevin. 5 years from now she will be 1.25 times as old as Kevin. how old are they now

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Question 468285: a man and his brother have a combined age of 40 years. 5 years ago the man was 4 times as old as his brother. how old is the man? how old is the brother
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Question 469144: My uncle is now 21 years older than me. In 8 years, he will be twice as old as my age. What is our present age?
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Question 469231: what is Diaphanous's age?
Diaphanous was a famous Greek mathematician who lived and worked in Alexandria, Egypt, probably in the third century C.E. When he died, someone described his life in this puzzle. He was a boy for 1/6 of his life. after 1/12 more, he acquired a beard. After another 1/7, he married. in the fifth year of marriage, his son was born. The son lived half as many years as his father. Diaphanous died 4 years after his son. How old was Diaphanous when he died
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Question 469359: (1)Ten more than 6 times Harold's age is the same as 4 times his age increased by 40. Find Harold's age.
(2) Using d=rt, find d for r=65mi/h and t=9hours
(3) If steve's age is decreased by 12 years, and that difference is multiplied by 3, the result is 24 years. Find steve's age
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Question 469436: 1. Jennifer is 3x as old as Tony. 2 years ago she was 4x as old as tony was then. How old is tony now.
2. Lisa is now 9 days older than tom. In 2 years lisa will be 2x as old as tom will be then. How many years old is lisa now.
3. A group of friends chipped in equally to buy a birthday present. Each person paid $8. If 2 more friends chipped in everyone would have paid only $7. How much did the gift cost?
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Question 469485: reggie is 5 years old than lani. Five years ago the sum of their age was 25. how old are they now?
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Question 469397: The sum of the ages of a gold coin and a silver coin is 65 years. The age of the gold coin 10 years from now will be 10 years less than the age of the silver coin 5 years ago. Find the present ages of the two coins. Gold coin --- yr. Silver coin--- yr. I got 1996 for the gold coin and 1971 for the silver coin.
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Question 469476: ea is 5 years older than Vincent. If the sum of their ages is25, how old is Maea?
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Question 469588: Hosting a dinner party for 38 people, you plan to serve peach pie for dessert. Each pie has 8 slices. How many pies must you buy to ensure each guest gets 1 slice?
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Question 469632: the audio outlet purchased 60 cassette recorders, gave away 3 in a contest, and sold the rest at twice thier purchase price. if the store's total profit was $1188, how much did the store sell each recorder for?
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Question 469832: Lucy is four times as old as Mary. In twenty years Lucy will be three times as old as Mary. How old are they now?
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Question 470226: Peter is 3 years older than his brother. The product of their ages is 270. Find Peter's age.
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Question 470219: johnny is 6 years older than Alicia, while Anna is 8 years older than Alicia. 5 years from now, Alicia will be 12 years older than Johnny. How old is Johnny?
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Question 470488: chris is 1/2 aas old as his father; a year ago he xas 1/3 as old as his father.what is the age of each?
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Question 470424: In 2011, a man was 40 and his daughter was 12. In what year was the man just twice his daughter's age?
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Question 470989: In 5 years time, I will be 3 times as old as my son. In 14 years time, the sum of our ages will be 62. Today the sum of our ages is?
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Question 471156: Robert is now twice as old as Marie. Six years ago the sum of their ages was thirty-nine. How old are they each now?
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Question 471106: 12 years ago the age of a brother was four times that of the other.
Knowing that the oldest was 27 when the child was born, what is the current age of both now.

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Question 471471: our mother is 3 times as old as my brother and i am 1/3rd times older than my brother. if 4 years ago i was as old as my brother today, what is the age of my mother?
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Question 471453: Josh is half as old as his brother Luke. Nicola, who is exactly half-way between her two brothers, is 18. How old is Josh?
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Question 471801: Father is 3 times as old as his daughters age.In 12 years father will be 1 year less than twice his daugthers age.What is their age?
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Question 471908: When Tim started football 3 years ago, his coach was twice his age. Currently, Tim's coach is 10 years older than him. How old is Tim now?
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Question 472096: Masato is twice as old as Kim.Ten years ago Masato waas three times as old as Kim was ten years ago.How old is she now?
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Question 472204: Maria is m years old. Sara is 5 years younger than Maria and 3 years older than Irina. What is the sum of the ages of all 3 girls?
A) 3m + 8
B) 3m + 2
C) 3m - 2
D) 3m - 8
E) 3m - 13
THanks!
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Question 472237: A shop sells 5l bottles of water.On Wednesday the shop received $3450 from selling 5l bottles of water at $11.50.How many bottles of water were sold?
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Question 472251: A father is 30 years older than his son, in 17 years' time he will be double the son's age. What is the son's age?
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Question 472264: in 3 years, alex will be 3 times as old as prency. a year ago, alex was 7 times as old as prency. how old are they now?
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Question 472729: Half of henry's age added to 1/3 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 472736: Eva is 10 years older than Dan. in 8 years, twice Eva's age will equal 3 times Dan's age. How old is each at present?
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Question 472763: Igi is now twice as old as Bill. Seven years ago, the sum of their ages was 16. How old are they now?
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Question 472730: Half of Henry's age added to 1/3 of Daisy's age is 11 years, 6 years from now the sum of their ages will be 40 years. How old is each?
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Question 473331: In 8 years Joe will be twice the age he was 4 years ago. Now Joe is: 1=8, 2=16,or 3=14
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Question 473369: The sum of the ages of Lal and his brother vishnu is 16 times greater than the difference between their ages. The half of the product of their ages is 220. What should be their present ages?

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Question 473344: A man is x years old while his son is y years old.the sum of their ages is twice the difference of their ages.if the product of their ages is 675,fine the age of the man
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Question 473519: Janet is three times as old as her daughter, Mary.Five years ago, Janetwas 4 times as old as Mary. How old is Janet now? How old willbe Mary in 7 years time?
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Question 473521: Ben is three times as old as Carl now. In two years time, Ben will be twice as old as Carl. How old is Carl now?
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Question 473525: Ali is 8 years older than Fatima. Six years ago, Ali was 5 times as old as Fatima. How old is Fatima? How old will be Ali in 8 years time?
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Question 473634: Mr. Gebra was 32 when his son Al was born. After 14 years, mr. gebra's age is twice as old as his son Al. What re their present ages?
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Question 473702: A miniature golf course offers a free game to golfers who make a hole-in-one on the last hole. Last week, 56 out of 270 golfers made a hole-in-one on the last hole. Find the experimental probability that a golfer makes a hole-in-one on the last hole.
Please round your answer to two decimal places.
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Question 474173: A man was 26 years old when his son was born. Now, he is three times as old as his son. How old is the son now?
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Question 474174: Zhongmin is 50 years old. His son, Mingyong is 24 years old. How many years ago was Zhongmin three times as old as Mingyong?
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Question 474181: Two sisters, Mary and Jane have a total age of 98. When Mary was Jane's age, Jane was half as old as Mary is now. What are their ages?"
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