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Question 139492This question is from textbook 
: 1. The sum of the ages of John and Jacob is 20 years. Two years from now , one will be thrice as old as the other then. Find their present ages.
2. The sum of the ages of Manny and Dennis is 47 years. Seven years ago, Manny was twice as old as Dennis was then. How old is each now?This question is from textbook
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Question 139565: when grandpa was over fifty but less than eighty, he told a friend, "each of my sons has as many sons as brothers, and the number of my years is exactly that of the number of all my sons and grandsons." how many sons and grandsons does grandpa have?
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Question 140226This question is from textbook 
: I need an equation for this problem, the sum of the present ages of Eric and his father is 58 years. In 10 years his father will be twice as old as Ericwill be at that time. Find their present ages.This question is from textbook
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Question 140380: Aunt Amelia had been a good schoolteacher in the days of the little red schoolhouse, and she still remembered.
"That's a big secret, but you can figure it out if you really want to know, she told Tony in reply to his question. If you switch the two figures of my age, reverse their order, you'll get a third of what my age was five years ago. You try!"
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Question 144256: john is 3 times the age his son will be next year. his wife is 20 years older than her son is this year. there combined ages total 71. how old is each person.
this is a puzzle which my father and i cant agree on. we are both mathamatically minded but disagree about the answer. he says it must be possible to answer using algebra and came up with ,john 31, wife 30 and son 10. my point is in the first sentence (sons age +1)x 3 he worked on the basis (sons age x 3) +1, here we disagree. i have tried various routes to the answer assuming there is some sort of trickery in the wording but cannot find an answer other than (son 9 now therefore could be 11 at some point next year) (therefore dad could be 33)(mother 20 years older than son is this year could be 9+20=29)therefore totalling 71. i would be dissapointed if there were no logical mathamatical answer and that it just word trickery. i would rather be wrong than dissapointed.
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Question 144256: john is 3 times the age his son will be next year. his wife is 20 years older than her son is this year. there combined ages total 71. how old is each person.
this is a puzzle which my father and i cant agree on. we are both mathamatically minded but disagree about the answer. he says it must be possible to answer using algebra and came up with ,john 31, wife 30 and son 10. my point is in the first sentence (sons age +1)x 3 he worked on the basis (sons age x 3) +1, here we disagree. i have tried various routes to the answer assuming there is some sort of trickery in the wording but cannot find an answer other than (son 9 now therefore could be 11 at some point next year) (therefore dad could be 33)(mother 20 years older than son is this year could be 9+20=29)therefore totalling 71. i would be dissapointed if there were no logical mathamatical answer and that it just word trickery. i would rather be wrong than dissapointed.
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Question 144468: A man and his brother have a combined age of 48 years. 12 years ago, the man was 5 times as old as his brother. How old is the man? How old is the brother?
'a' represents the man's age now. Type in an equation that solves for 'a'.
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Question 144721: A DOUBLE BIRTHDAY:
"Your birthday today and also your son's! That's amazing. How old is he now?"
Bob smiled. "I'll tell you with fractions. One over his age, plus one over my age, makes one over seven. That's one-seventh, of course."
So what were their respective ages?
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Question 144771: James is five years old now and Emma is four years older.
Form a relevant equation and use it to find out how many years it will take until James' and Emma's ages in years, multiplied together, make 725 years.
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Question 146022This question is from textbook HOLT ALGEBRA 1
: I am learning chapter 3 section 6, which is on "steps for solving word problems". The objective of the section is "to learn the four basic steps for solving word problems, and, to solve word problems involving one number".
I have already learned the four-step approach: read, plan, solve, and interpret; however, I have gotten completely lost int number 14. The problem i am having difficulty writting into an equation is under the "written exercises" section "a".
The directions given for problems 1-20 are: Solve each word problem.
I assume immediately to use what I have learned so far in the chapter, the four-step approach: read, plan, solve, and interpret. All problems numbers 1-13 where a breeze; I rewrote the word problem, read it over again, iscolated the single variable, solved, reread the problem checked my equation, and plugged my answer into the equation to make sure my answer was correct. But when I got to number fourteen I was completely lost. The problem is:
14) Eight times Betty's age increased by 3 times her age is 110. How old is Betty?
My shown work:
14) Eight times Betty's age increased by 3 times her age is 110. How old is Betty?
Let b = age of Betty
After that point I have no knowledgeable decision as of what to do next, and whether or not I am working this out properly. If anyone could help me figure out what I am probably doing wrong, or what I should do next in order to completely solve this equation, that would be wonderful, thank you so much in advance, I hope I gave enough information for better understanding of the question and everything in context. Thank you.This question is from textbook HOLT ALGEBRA 1
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Question 146669: Five divas waltzed into our church one Sunday.
Each one of them dressed to the nines.
Niecy, Maria, Marissa, Jacqueline, and Clementine.
Niecy beats Maria's age twice, so it undeniably appears.
Clementine and Jacqueline lag behind Niecy by seven years.
Maria is exactly two years more than Marissa's age thrice.
Tell me how old is each diva, if twenty-two years lie between the five.
Getting stuck on the between part. is it between as in (x-y), or a mean value?
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Question 147217: The ages of a man and his son are 40 and 12 respectively.Find:
> how many years ago was the man's age eight times the age of his son?
> how many years hence will the age of man be thrice the age of his son?
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Question 147224: Julia's age is 4 less than 5 times Jack's age. If 3 times Jack's age is added to Julia's age, the sum is equal to twice Julia's age. Find their ages.
I came up the the equation of 5x-4+3x. It doesn't work. Help!
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Question 147349: Kelly is two years yonger than Kristen. If twice Kristen's age is increased by five times Kelly's age the sum is 53. Find the ages of the two girls. I came up wiht Kristen 8.14 and Kelly 6.14.......that is two years less, but it doesn't work.
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