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Question 168564: I was talking to a friend Tammy, the middle child of five. She has a younger sister
Tracey, and three brothers Tommy (oldest child), Timmy and Tony (youngest child). I
asked her how old she was, but she hardly ever gives a straight answer. The following is
the conversation we had.
"How old are you Tammy?"
"I am three times as old as Timmy was when Tony was born. Actually, it's funny, but
Timmy's, Tracey's, Tommy's and my ages were all factors of Mum's age when Tony was
born. The only other year where the ages of more than two of us were factors of Mum's
age was when Tracey was half as old as I am now."
"How old is your Mum now?"
"There's another funny thing. When Mum turns 50, Tony will be the same age Mum was
when she gave birth to Tommy."
Assuming Tammy was talking in terms of whole years, and with my mathematical and reasoning abilities I was able to quickly deduce not just Tammy's age, but all of their ages. So how old are Tommy, Timmy, Tammy, Tracey, Tony and Mum now?
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Question 169337: There were 770 tickets sold for a ballet performance at the CCP. The tickets cost P2,500 for semi-VIP seats and P5000 for VIP seats. A total of P2,800,000 was collected. How many of each kind of ticket were sold?
Please give me the representation of your problem thank you very much....
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Question 169335: A man passed one-sixth of his life in childhood, one twelfth in youth and one seventh in childless marriage. After 5 years of marriage, the man had a child. Alas! Late - born wretched child; after attaining half her father's life, cruel fate overtook her, leaving the man to spend his last 4 years solving math problems. What was the man's final age?
Please give me the representation of that....
thank you very very much for those who answer my question.
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Question 170277: Five girls live in the same apartment building. To determine the age of each girl, write each clue as an equation or an inquality.
1. All 5 girls are older than 10 but younger than 20.
2. Karen i solder than Angela but younger than Janet.
3. Janet's age is halfway between Tamara's age and Angela's age.
4. The ages of all the girls except Janet are even numbers.
5. Susan is neither the oldest nor the youngest.
6. Karen is as much older than Angela as Tamara is older than Susan.
7. No two girls are the same age.
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Question 170277: Five girls live in the same apartment building. To determine the age of each girl, write each clue as an equation or an inquality.
1. All 5 girls are older than 10 but younger than 20.
2. Karen i solder than Angela but younger than Janet.
3. Janet's age is halfway between Tamara's age and Angela's age.
4. The ages of all the girls except Janet are even numbers.
5. Susan is neither the oldest nor the youngest.
6. Karen is as much older than Angela as Tamara is older than Susan.
7. No two girls are the same age.
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Question 170510: Mary is 12 years old. Robin her mother is 35.
a. Write an expression for the person’s age y years from now.
b. Write an equation stating that Robin is twice as old as Mary. How old will they both be at this time?
c. What will their ages be when Robin is 3 times as old as Mary
I know that expression for the person's age y years from now is:
Mary: 12 + y
Robin: 35 + y
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Question 170711: Mary's age is twice Tom's age and one-third of Sally's age. If the sum of their ages is 99, how old is Mary?
I feel like this is so easy, but I'm obviously missing something because I can't get the correct answer. Thank you.
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Question 170825: I have two secret numbers. Each has two digits. The secret numbers have the same digits, only reversed. The difference between the two numbers is 54, and the sum of the digits in each number is 10. What are my two secret numbers?
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Question 170840: oh this one is tricky.. i know how to set up age problems but this one I am not too sure about.
a statue in the city's public garden is 50 years old. in the same garden is a monument which is 40 years old. in how many years will the statue be three-times as old as the monument?
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Question 170840: oh this one is tricky.. i know how to set up age problems but this one I am not too sure about.
a statue in the city's public garden is 50 years old. in the same garden is a monument which is 40 years old. in how many years will the statue be three-times as old as the monument?
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Question 171056: Replace each letter with a number to make ths problem correct. Identical letters shoul be replaced with identical numbers.
P A R T S
* 4
__________
hint: Since 4 * p =a 1-digit answer, p must equal 1 or 2. Remember 4* any other letter can give either a 1- or 2-digit answer.
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Question 171062: Replace each letter with a number to make ths problem correct. Identical letters shoul be replaced with identical numbers.
P A R T S
* 4
__________
= S T R A P
hint: Since 4 * p =a 1-digit answer, p must equal 1 or 2. Remember 4* any other letter can give either a 1- or 2-digit answer.
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Question 171106: Replace each letter with a number to make ths problem correct. Identical letters shoul be replaced with identical numbers.
P A R T S
* 4
__________
=S T R A P
hint: Since 4 * p =a 1-digit answer, p must equal 1 or 2. Remember 4* any other letter can give either a 1- or 2-digit answer.: Replace each letter with a number to make ths problem correct. Identical letters shoul be replaced with identical numbers.
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Question 171408: A fireman stood on the middle step of a ladder, shooting water into a burning building. As the smokelessened, he climbed up three steps and continued his work. The fire got worse, so he had to go down five steps. Later he climbed up the last six steps and was at th top of the ladder. How many steps were there?
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