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Question 521051: cesar is now 8 times as old as his son in 4 years he will be 4 times as as his son. how old is he.
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Question 520054: ) A father said to his son, “I was as old as you are at present at time of your birth”. If the father’s age is 46 years now, the son’s age five years back was?
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Question 520053: ) Anil and Sunil are two friends. The sum of their ages is 35 years. Anil is twice as old as Sunil was when Anil was as old as Sunil is now. What is the present age of Anil?

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Question 521132: Renee is 5 years older than Paulo, she is also 7 years older than Peter. The sum of their ages is 21 ,How old is each person.
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Question 521371: the father was 8 times older than his doughter 4 years ago,in twenty years time the father wil be twice the age of the doughter. 1)how old is the father now? 2)how old wl be the doughter in 30 years time?

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Question 521268: Write an equation to solve this: If my age is 44 and my sisters age is 48 what age will we each be when our total combined age is 150?
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Question 521220: Leticia is 21 years older than Kate, in 2 years, Leticia will be twice as old as Kate. Find Leticia's and Katie's current age?
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Question 521120: A sister has 3 younger brothers whose ages are equally spaced. At present the sister's age is equal to the sum of her brothers' ages. Five years ago the sum of the brothers' ages was half the sister's present age and the eldest brother was 4 times as old as the youngest. What are the present ages of the sister and her 3 brothers?
I'm using system of equations and I managed to come up with 3 of the equations. I realize I need a 4th one because I have 4 unknown variables. I need help immediately.
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Question 521502: The ancient one is 40 years older than the youngster. 10 years agos, the age of the ancient one was 22 years greater than seven times the age of youngster then. How old are both of them today?
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Question 521603: Susan is six years older than Mary. She is also twice as old as Mary was when Susan was as old as Mary is now. How old is each now?
I have this as a homework problem, and i am not sure how to set up the equation. So I need help with setting up the equation, and potentially getting the correct answer in the end. Thank You!
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Question 521863: I am 44 and my daughter is twelve what will our ages be when I am 3 times her age?
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Question 522088: ten years ago a mans age will be two and half times the age he was 20 years ago find his present age

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Question 522132: Deanna is twice as old as her brother. If the difference in their ages is 7 years, how old is Deanna?
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Question 522189: Mr.Jacobs is 4 times as old as his son. Five years ago, he was 9 times as old as his son. Find Mr.Jacob's age.
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Question 522373: how many pounds of nuts selling for 70 cents per pound must be mixed with 30 pounds of nuts selling at 90 cents per pound to make a mixture that sells for 85 cents per pound?

In one solution I see 70x + 2700= 85x +2500 I want to know where the 2500 comes from
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Question 522423: Beth is four more than three times older than Ted. The sum of their ages is 60. How old is Ted?
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Question 185872: Mary, who is sixteen years old, is four times as old as her brother. How old will Mary be when she is twice as old as her brother?
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Question 522621: sally is four times as old her niece and in three years she will be 3 times as old as her niece, how old are they now?
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Question 522650: Jaya is 10 yrs younger than Sid. If you increase both of their ages by 20 %, the difference between their ages is 18 less than Jayas current age. How old is Sid?
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Question 522757: Dear Tutor,
Thank you for the time you are taking to answer my question.
The question is: Kagiso jogs arund a rectangular track with a perimeter of 850m. He measured one side that worked out to be 105m. he jogs around this track 7 times. a)how far does he run every morning and B) how long will the other side of the track be then.
my own workings was that you would multiply 105x7 to find out how far he ran and that the other side would also be 105.
There would still be two sides left of 640 and if you divided it into two it would work out to two sides of 105 and two sides of 320.
Please let me know if I have worked this out correctly and if not, please help if possible.
thank you again
Tracey
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Question 522777: carol is 25 years older than her cousin amanda. in 18 years ,carol will be twice as old as amanda will be. how old are carol and amanda now?
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Question 522751: Dear Tutor,
My question is this:
Jason started reading a book with 450 pages. He finished reading 300 pages. In its simplest form, what fraction of the book is left unread.
my answer is 1.5 but I would like to know if it is right and if not, if you could help me solve it please.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for me
Tracey
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Question 522747: Dear Tutor,
I am having a hard time trying to work out this problem. Would you please be so kind as to try and help me.
This is the question:
John is 3 times younger than his dad's age. The sum of their ages is 79. Find Johns age as a fraction.
I tied by saying 79 divide by 3 and got 26 and a third but I would like to know for sure.
Thank you for taking the time to help me
kind regards
Tracey
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Question 522324: Use an algebraic approach to solve the problem. (Objective 2)
Aura took three biology exams and has an average score of 87. Her second exam score was 7 points better than her first, and her third exam score was 4 points better than her second exam. What were her three exam scores?
(lowest score)

(highest score)

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Question 522754: five times my age in 2 years is 100
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Question 522643: Carmelo is 12 years older than arwin. One-third of carmelo's aga is equal to one-half of arwin's age. How old is each now?
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Question 522188: Mr.Jacobs is 4 times as old as his son. Five years ago, he was 9 times as old as his son. Find Mr.Jacob's age.
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Question 522290: Jack is 2 times as old as Lacy. 8 years from now the sum of their ages will be 55. How old are they now?
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Question 523198: Matthew and alex are brothers. one is 5 years older than the other. The sum of their ages are 27. what are there ages?
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Question 523579: In 30 years I will be 1.5 times as old as I am now. How old am I now?
1.5x+30=y
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Question 523579: In 30 years I will be 1.5 times as old as I am now. How old am I now?
1.5x+30=y
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Question 523786: The Eastside Nursery ordered 27 trees. Some of the trees were elms, costing $17 each. The remainder was maples at $11 each. The total cost of the trees was $375. Find the number of elms and the number of maples.
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Question 523783: If eight years from now, Chis's age will e three the age he was 4 years ago. How old is he now?

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Question 523848: I've spent a quarter of my life as a boy, a sixth of my life as a young man, half my life as a middle age man; all these years I spent in my native country. Now you must add the past six years I've spent as a new immigrant. How old is he?
X=how old he is
1/4 of x = time as a boy
1/6 of x = young man
1/2 of x = middle age
I'm not sure want to do next. Can you help me please?
My email address is briggs4u@sbcglobal.net
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Question 523913: a father is three times as old as his son. In 12 years tim he will be twice as old. how old is the father now?
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Question 523800: A man's age is three times his son's age.Ten years ago he was five times his son's age. By forming two equations and solving them simultaneously,find both of their ages.
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Question 524218: If i am 8 and my dad is 41 then in how many years will my dad be twice my age?
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Question 524709: In 10 years, a child will be 3 years older than twice her current age. What is the current age of the child.
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Question 524758: Tom is 10 years older than Pat. In 6 years. Tom will be 1.5 times as old as Pat will be then. Find their present ages.
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Question 524731: hugo is eight years older than gabby. in five years, hugo will be twice as old as gabby.how old is each now?
I know the ages are 11 and 3. I just can't get can't show work.
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Question 525210: Mrs. Garcia is 1 year less than 3 times as old as her daughter . Seven years from now, she will be 4 years more than twice as old as her daughter will be then. Find both of their ages.
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Question 525937: Rebecca's mother is 4 times as old as Rebecca is now. In 6 years, Rebecca's mother will be 3 times as old as Rebecca will be then. What is Rebecca's age now, in years?
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Question 526223: You're four years older than your 18 year old sister. How many years ago were you three times her age? The correct answer is 16 years ago(you were 6 and she was 2)
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