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Tutors Answer Your Questions about Age Word Problems (FREE)
Question 101190: the tomb of Diophantus
here lies a great man. Mathematically his life is heroen inscribed for all to witness:
One-quarter of his life was spent as a boy and a young man. then when 1/7 of his life had passed he entered into matrimony, and 5 years later a son was born to him . Alas! when his son had reached only 1/2 his father's allotted time on this earth, death took him into its arms. to console himself while grieving over his son's death, he explired then discovered this science of numbers during a period of 4 years, after which, Diophantus passed on to a better world.
What was his life span?
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Question 104504: Three years ago, Milcah is 3 times older than Joshua. 4 years from now, Milcah is 8 yrs. older than Joshua. Find Joshua's and Milcah's age.
Please answer, I need this urgent, I can't able to answer because I don't know how to solve age problem.. I really much appreciated your concerns.. Thank You!
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Question 105637: Courtney is 26 years older than Minili. In 10 years, Courtney will be twice as old as Minili. How old is each of them now?
I got C = 42 now
and M = 16 now
I set it up like this
2 (C-26) + 10 = C + 10
I was told by my teacher to set it up like this:
2 (C-26+10) = C+10
I cannot get an answer to show that she is 26 years older that way. Please let me know what I am doing wrong?
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Question 105730: The equation V = -2000t + 21,000 describes the value in dollars of a certain model of car after it is t years old. If a car is worth $11,000, substitute 11,000 into the equation to find the age of the car.
Please explain step-by-step.
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