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Question 628267: Tommy is twice as old as Billy. If in two years the sum of their age is 79. How old is Tommy and Billy?
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Question 628271: What is the maximum volume of a open box created from a square of side length 24? Keep in mind that V=LWH. So for this problem the dimensions are as follows:
L = 24-2x, W = 24-2x and H = x. The maximum volume will be where the volume equation is the greatest.
You are to determine:
1. The volume equation.
2. The maximum volume.
3. The value of x that maximizes the volume
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Question 628417: please help me with this word problem. I just cant figure out how to set it up.
sally's age plus 8 is equal to gart's age doubled. the sum of their ages is 124. how old is sally?
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Question 628427: Please help me solve this problem.
The perimeter of a rectangle is found by using the formula: 2L + 2W. if the perimeter of a rectangle is 66 cm, and the length is twice the width, what is the length?
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Question 628431: Can you please help me with this problem?
At 8%, $500 would be worth how much in 45 years? Use the rule of 72.
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Question 627879: 12 is more than the sum of 23 and 14 is what
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Question 628533: Hello, I'm having some trouble with this question with age, it is: Justine is 15years older than Emily now, but in 6 years time she will be twice as old as Emily. Write an equation and solve it to find the girls' present ages. I gave it ago using a method we learnt at school but it didn't quite work. Please help and thank you!
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Question 628569: Three years back the age of father was 24 years more than his son at present the father is 5 times as old as the son.how old will the son be three years from now?
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Question 628627: The ratio of the present ages of two brother is 1:2 and 5 years back the ratio was 1:3. What will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years?

Need answer with solution very urgently.. Thanks a bunch...
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Question 628531: in two yrs a boy will be 3/4 as old as his sister.
two yrs ago he was 2/3 as old as she. how old are they?
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Question 628958: x/2 years ago,Jason was 12,and x/2years from now he will be 2x years old,how old will he be 3x years from now
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Question 628959: two printing presses working together can complete a job in 2.5hours.working alone,press A can do the job in 10 hours.How many hours will press B take to do the job by itself
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Question 629012: if john's grandmother age is a perfect square, and her age equals the square of his father's age less the square of his mother's age, 40, what is the age of his grandmother?

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Question 629007: a teacher is four times as old as a student. in 12 years, the student's age will be half of the teacher's age. how old are they now
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Question 629004: I have three cousins on my dad's side. The product of their ages is 84. Next year the youngest will be 1/4 the age of the middle cousin. In 2 years from now, the oldest will be twice the current age of the middle. What is the age of my older cousin?
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Question 629145: Three years ago a man was eight times as old as his son.In two years he will be four and a half time as old as the son.Find the present age.
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Question 629296: This is the question. Nathan's grandpa is 6 times as old as Nathan was 2 years ago. If Nathan's grandpa is 54, how old in Nathan?
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Question 629537: Susan is 16 years older than her brother. 10 years later, she will be twice as old as her brother. Find the present ages of Susan and her brother.
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Question 629541: mark's father if 7 times as old as he is. one year ago, he was 2 years more than 11 times as old as mark. find mark's present age.
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Question 629734: Mona's father is thrice as old as Mona. After 12 years ,he will be just twice his daughter. find their present age?
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Question 629737: Rajesh own a plot of rectangular shape he has fenced it with a wire of length 750 m . the length of the plot exceeds the breadth by 5m. find the length and breadth of the plot?
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Question 629768: Frank is 40 years old. His son Frankie is 16. How many years ago was Frank 6 times as old as his son
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Question 629893: The average age of a 10 member committee is exactly the same today, as it was 4 years ago. This is because one old member died, and had to be replaced by a younger member. What was the age difference between the old member who died, and the young member?
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Question 630094: the mom is 32 years old and the daughter is 8 years old im how many years is the mom 3 times as old as the daughter
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Question 630208: please help i need to rewrite (y + 2)5 in distributive property

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Question 630202: May you pls help me with this question
"In 9 years time,the mother will be twice as old as her son,she was 4 times older than her son after 3 years.find their age?
Thank you tutor.
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Question 630380: Annilee's present age is two-thirds of Jessie's present age. In 12 years the sum of their ages will be 54 years. Find their present ages.
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Question 630454: Please help me solve this problem.
Peter is Y years old. His brother David is 2 years younger. In 9 years the total of their ages will be 2 times the total of their ages now.
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Question 630453: Sandra is Y years old. In 14 years her age will be three time her age fourteen years ago.
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Question 630728: Jamie is twice as old as her brother.Four years ago,she was 4 times as old as her brother.Find their ages now.

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Question 630681: Can you please help,Von is thrice as old as his brother Jon. Four years ago, he was 4 years less than 5 times Jon’s age at that time. How old are they now?

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Question 630717: PETERS CYCLES TO VISIT HIS GRANDMOTHER AND THEN RETURNS HOME BY... ?
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Question 630761: The age of two persons differ by 20 years. If 5 years ago, the elder one be 5 times as old as the younger one.what is their present age?
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Question 630946: A man was 25 years old when his son was born.The father's age is 7 years greater than 3 times the son's age. How old is each at present ?
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Question 631004: carmelo is 12 yrs older than Arwin.One-third of Carmelo's age is equal to one-half of Arwin's age. how old is each now?
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Question 631067: Five years ago Jacob was one-sixth the age of his brother. Three years time his age doubled will match his brother's age. How old is Jacob now?

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Question 631525: Coach Johnson is 10 years older than Tim. When Tim stated football 3 years ago, Coach Johnson was twice his age. How old is tim now?
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Question 631675: A MAN IS 27 YEARS OLDER THAN HIS SON , AND IN 10 YEARS FROM NOW HE WILL BE TWICE AS OLD AS HIS SON . HOW OLD IS EACH NOW ?

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Question 631838: the ratio of ages of ram and his son is 5:2 if the product of their ages is 640years find the age of ram after 10 years
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Question 632051: 5.You are 4 times as old as your sister. In 8 years time you will be twice as old as your sister. What are your ages now?
Please explains also why u do not add 8 to 4x during the equation and why does this have to have two equations
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Question 632057: Edwina is 12 years younger than her brother. How old is she if her brother is 28 years old?
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Question 632050: 5.You are 4 times as old as your sister. In 8 years time you will be twice as old as your sister. What are your ages now?
Please explains also why u do not add 8 to 4x during the equation and why does this have to have two equations
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Question 632127: Coach Johnson is 10 years older than Tim. When Tim started football 3 years ago, Coach Johnson was twice his age. How old is Tim now?
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