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Question 569538: Dan's brother is 1/2 his father's age. His brother is 22 years old. How old is his father?
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Question 569549: 5 years ago the sum of my age and my daughters age was a third of five times the average of the present ages of my daughter and my self if my daughter will be 15 years old in 5 years how old is tim now
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Question 569728: martha is 24 years old. susan is at least 4 years younger than martha. if susan is k years old write an inequality showing susans age.
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Question 570162: aaron is 3yrs older than his brother baron. in five years,aaron will be eleven years morethan one half of barons age will then be. how old are the brothers now?
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Question 570366: A man is 42 years old and his daughter is 8. In how many years will the father be twice as old?
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Question 570369: Ten years from now, A will be twicw as old as B. Five years ago, A was three times as old as B. What are the present ages of A and B?
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Question 570476: The sum of the present ages of Eric and his father is 65 years. In 8 years, his father will be twice as old as Eric will be at that time. Find their present ages.
whats erics age? and whats erics dads age?
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Question 570552: Their were 3 brothers. The probduct of their ages is 36. the sum of their ages is equal to the age of the only sister. the 3 brothers never admit their ages but the sister always admits her own even so you need to know that the oldest brother usually wears his baseball cap backwards. How old is each broter? explain

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Question 570697: one pump can drain a pool in 9 minutes. When a second pump is also used, the pool only takes 5 minutes to drain. How long would it take the second pump to drain the pool if only one pump is used?
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Question 570717: Suzan is 7years older than her brother ray.the combined total of their age is 41 hol is ray?
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Question 570812: if the present age of a husband and wife are in the ratio of 5:4, what would the ratio of their ages after 20 years.?
1. 11:8
2. 9:7
3. 15:13
4. 19:15
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Question 570843: use guess and check.
Seven years ago, John was twice as old as bill. Seven years from now the sum of their age will be 61. How old are they now?
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Question 570895: within eleven years, the age of peter will be half the square of the age he was 13 years ago. calculate the current age of peter...and show your work
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Question 570925: Shelly is 3 years older than Michele. Four years ago the sum of their ages was 71. Find the age of each person now. (Example 3. Use the information in the table below showing algebraic expressions in terms of x.)

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Question 571491: Cecile is now four times as old as daisy. Five years ago, the sum of their ages was 45. How old is each now?
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Question 571492: Annalyn is 3 years older than Alvin. In 7 years, Alvin's age will be 6/7 of Annalyn's age. How old are they now?
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Question 571517: Cecile is now four times as old as daisy . Five years ago , the sum of their two ages was 45 . How old each now?
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Question 571516: The sum of two numbers is 135. Twice the first number equals 280 minus 3 times the second number. What are the numbers?
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Question 571513: The difference between two number is 9. Twice the larger number is 5 times the smaller number. Find the numbers.
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Question 571512: Twice the larger number is three times the smaller, and their sum is 20. Find the numbers.
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Question 571511: One number is 5 more than the second, and their sum is 20. Find the numbers.
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Question 571593: What is Sean's age now, if in twenty-six years he will be three times his present age?
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Question 571938: 4 years ago marion was 2/3 as old as Les was. Now she is 3/4 as old as he is. How old is each now
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Question 572043: . Larry is twice as old as Jane. Jane is 6 years younger that Tony. Tony is 12 years younger than Larry. How old is each? Cany you please show me the work?
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Question 572622: The sum of 4 times mikes age and 3 times susan's age is 79. mike is 1 year more than 3 times as old as susan. find each of their ages.
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Question 572723:
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Question 572727: Marco and his dad have an age difference of 25. The sum of their ages is 43. How old is Marco. I subtracted 25 from 43, but the choices are 7,9,12,32. I come up with 18
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Question 573033: A is 12% older than B, while B is 11% older than C. By how much percent is A older than C?
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Question 573241: Julie is half as old as her sister. In seven years she will be the same age as her sister was five years ago. Find the current ages of Julie and her sister.
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Question 572991: A mother is 3 times as old as her daughter. Seven years ago, she was 5 times as old. How old are the mother and daughter now?
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Question 573281: In 1993, the life expectancy of males in a certain country was 67.7 years. In 2000, it was 66.5 years. Let E represent the life expectancy in year t and let t represent the number of years since 1993.
I have tried for a whole day using formulas from others that were similiar and plugging the numbers in but I can not figure it out. Please help. It will be much appreciated
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Question 573335: ab=cd
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Question 573418: The sum of my age and my daughter's is 50 years. In 30 years, 3 times my age increased by my daughter's age will be equal to 242 years. How old are we today?
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Question 573560: When Billy turned 14 years old, his father was 42 years old, which is three times Billy’s age at the time. Today is Billy’s birthday, and Billy’s father is now twice as old as Billy. How old is Billy?
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Question 573622: Minh is 16. His parents are both the same age. The three of them have lived a total of 100 years. How old are his parents?
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Question 573595: hans is 3 years younger than his brother emil. in 8 years the sum of their ages will be 61. how old is hans
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Question 572769: Sally is 40 years older than her son Peter. In 5 years she will be twice his age. How old are Sally and Peter? Make two solutions, one using a variable for Sally and one for Peter.
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Question 572761: jan is twice as old as jake. the sum of their ages is 5 less than twice of Jan's age. How old are jane ane jake?
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Question 573592: hans is 3 years younger than his brother emil. in 8 years the sum of their ages will be 61. how old is hans plz i need this in 30 mins plz help me im stuck
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Question 573687: harry is 6 times as old as his son charlie. in 6 years he will only be four times as old as his son. how old is charlie now?
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Question 573675: A person has 7 children including 2 sets of triplets. the product of the kids ages is 6591. what is the sum of their ages?
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Question 574161: a collection of dimes and quarters is worth $16.20. there are 81 coins in all. how many dimes and how many quarters?
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Question 574661: Mary is 24.
Mary is twice as old as Ann was, when Mary was as old as Ann
is now.
How old is Ann?
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