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Question 480275: A and B have a combined age of 41 but A is two more than twice B's age...what are their ages? the formula is A+B=41,A is two more than twice B's age..
A = 2b + 2
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Question 480454: eric is ten years younger than leslie. in ten years, he will be ten years more than one-half as old as leslie. find their present age.
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Question 480473: Rizza's age is one year more than Norie's age. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was equal to Rizza's age ten years from now. How old are they now?

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Question 480518: Sixteen-year old Michael is twice as old as his sister.How many years ago was he three times as old as his sister?
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Question 480438: 2 years ago, Jamie was half a she will be 9 years from now. how old she is?
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Question 480652: in 2 years cade will be twice as old as he was 5 years ago. How old is he now?
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Question 480807: sarah is twice as old as john. six years ago she was 4 times as old as john. how old is john now?
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Question 480793: Ronmar is three times as young as Serdhan.Six years ago, the sum, of their ages was equal to Ronmar's present age.How old are Sedhan and Ronmar?
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Question 480863: claire is one year older than her sister nancy. nancy is three years older than her sister sheila. sheila is one year older than her brother david. david is five years older than his brother mike. the sum of the five siblings' ages is 120 years. find the age of each.
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Question 481081: "5 years ago mother was 7 times as old as her doughter. 5 years hence she will be 3 times as old as her doughter. find their present age?"
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Question 481084: "5 years ago mother was 7 times as old as her daughter. 5 years hence she will be 3 times as old as her daughter. find their present age?"
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Question 481294: two-thirds of Helen's age is half of Dale's age. Dale is 10 years older than Helen. How old is Helen?
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Question 481316: Ron's age is two-thirds of Mark's age. Mark's age is three-fifths of Sara's age. Sara is 9 years older than Ron. How old is Mark?
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Question 481392: The ages of a mother and a daughter are 31 years and 7 years respectively. In how
many years will the mother’s age be 3/2 times that of daughter?
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Question 481296: Ron's age is two thirds of Mark's age. Mark's age is three fifths of Sara's age. Sara is 9 years older than Ron. How old is Mark ?
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Question 481584: The sum of Raul's and Jesse's ages is 15. The product of their ages is 44. If Jesse is younger, how old is Jesse? answer is 4; x + y = 15; x(15-x)=44; -x^2-15x-44=0;so, x^2+15+44=0. Did I set it up right? Its a quadratic equation age problem. Please, please help/Thank you so much. Mimi
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Question 481601: Lucy jogged twice as many miles as Paul but 3 less than Isaac.If the three ran a total of 23 mi, how far did each person run.

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Question 481702: In four years tme, I shall be five times as old as I was sixteen years ago. How old am I?
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Question 481744: Present age of father is 13 years more than the twice of his son. 6 years ago sum of the ages of father and son was 49 years. Find the present age of father and son.
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Question 481770: The sum of the ages of two children is 30 and the product of their ages is 216. How old are them?
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Question 481948: Suppose you have a sample of phosphorus-32 that has only 3.1 percent of its original radioactivity, how old is this sample if its half-life is fourteen days?
N/N0=.031
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Question 481950: If sodium-24 has a half-life of fifteen hours, and you have a sample that contains 15 kg of sodium-24, how much would remain after twelve hours?
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Question 480114: The sum of two number is ten while the sum of their square is fifty-eight. What are the numbers?
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Question 480113: Chloe is two years older than her husband Damon. If the product of their ages is thirty more than fifteen times the sum of their ages. How old is chloe?
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Question 480067: please help me solve this question:
Chloe is 2 years older than his husband damon. if the product of their ages is 30 more than 15 times the sum of their ages. how old is chloe
i know that this is simple but still i cant solve it

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Question 479604: Seven years ago, Mary was six times as old as Cora. In one year, she will only be twice as old as Cora. Find their present ages.
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Question 482224: Please! help me on how do i set up this problem to answer it.
Sylvia can complete a job in 45 minutes working alone. Carla takes 30 minutes to complete the same job. How long would it take if they worked together?
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Question 482227: Chloe is 2 years older than his husband damon. if the product of their ages is 30 more than 15 times the sum of their ages. how old is chloe

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Question 286003: The age of the father is 3 years more than 3 times the age of son. After 3 years the age of the father will be 10 years more then twice the age of the son. Find their present ages?
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Question 481947: How old is an artifact that contains 12.5 percent of its original carbon-14?
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Question 482310: bella is n years old. if ryan is 3 times as old as bella. how old will ryan be in 5 years? is it 3n +5?
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Question 482348: ok i have a problem with math and algebra and i need your help. i wanna know whats 5 times 9 plus 4 times eight please answer my question when u get the chance thank u.
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Question 481943: Suppose you have 50 kg of a substance that has a half-life of five years. How much would remain after twenty years?
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Question 481949: If stronium-90 has a half-life of fourteen days, and you have a sample that contains 30 kg of strontium-90, how much would remain after thirty-five days?
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Question 482515: Ruby is 14 years older than her little brother Harry. In six years she will be twice as old as Harry. How old is Ruby now?
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Question 482229: the age of father is 3 years more than 3 times the age of his son.after 3 years the age of the father will be 10 years more then twice the age of the son.find their present ages

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Question 482533: the sum of marty's and millies ages is 65.
let mille's age be represented by ____ years .
then, marty's age is ____ years.
three times millie's age is 15 years less than twice marty's age.
what is the equation?
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Question 482694: The reciprocal of a number plus the reciprocal of three times the number equals (1)/(3)
Find the number.
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Question 482694: The reciprocal of a number plus the reciprocal of three times the number equals (1)/(3)
Find the number.
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Question 482759: The number of tickets sold each day for an upcoming performance of Handels Messiah is given by N(x)=-0.4x^2+12x+15 where x is the number of days since the concert was first announced. When will daily ticket sales peak and how many tickets will be sold that day?
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Question 483064: Mary is fourteen years older than John, and next year she will be twice as old as John. How old is Mary now?
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Question 483009: A says to B "my present age is five times of your age when i was as old as you are now." The sum of their ages is 48 years. Find their age.
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Question 483223: whats five times the sum of a number j and four

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Question 483338: Essay; show all work. Consider that the age, x, of a unicorn in human equivalent years can be given by the formula f(x) = - 0.001718x4 + 0.087326x3 – 1.3367x2 + 12.46x + 3.914. When a unicorn is 2.5 years old, what is its age in human equivalent years? What about when it is 12 years old?
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