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Question 200: what if the teacher asks what is the half of the sum of the brother of my cousin which is 12 and my sister which is 14 after 26 years from my birth... i am 8 years old...???
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Question 98: In 7 years, Maria will be four times as old as Angelica will be then. The sum of their ages now is 71. How old will each of them be in 5 years?
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Question 1: A father's age is thirteen times that of his son. In 10 years, the son's age will be one-third of his father's. How old are the father and son?
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Question 3: if you were 12 years old and your brother was 19 years old how old are both of you in 48 years?
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Question 116: were you born on a leap year?

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Question 130: Ralph is four times as old as Frank. In 20 years, Ralph will be twice as old as Frank. How old are ralph and Frank?
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Question 272: In an organization there are CE�s, ME�s and EE�s. The sum of their ages is 2160; the average age is 36; the average age of the CE�s and ME�s is 39; the average age of the ME�s and EE�s is 32 8/11; the average age of the CE�s and EE�s is 36 2/3. If each CE had been 1 year older, each ME 6 years and each EE 7 years older, their average age would have been greater by 5 years. Find the number of each group and their average ages.
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Question 506: First question:
Right now, Alan's mother is 4 times older than he is. In 4 years, she will be 3 times older than he is. How old are Alan and his mother right now?
Second question:
Kim is using a list of his friends' ages. He adds two of his friends' ages and gets 17. He multiplies the ages and gets 72. How old are his two friends?

I would appreciate your help. Thanks.
-- Mary
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Question 519: Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was as old as Ann now is. Ann is 57. Mary is how old?
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Question 738: Timothy's age in 13 yers will be twice what it was 15 years ago. How old is Timothy now?
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Question 774: Sarah is 8 more than 2 times as old as Brad. In five years the sum of the ages will be 69. How old is Brad?
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Question 945: A daughter is 28 years younger than her father. in five years, the father will be 3 times as old as his daughter. How old is each now?
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Question 1055: Elise is four times as old as Amanda. In ten years, Amanda's age will be half of Elise's. How old are they now?
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Question 1338: John is 4 years old & his sister is three times as old as he. When John is 12,
how old is his sister ?
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Question 1445: In three years, Chad will be three times my present age. I will then be half as old as he. How old am I now?
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Question 1502: Can you please help!! My wife and I have been out of school for more than 15 years and we are home schooling and need help solving this problem. Could you let us know how to get the answer step by step please.
Paul is 5 years older than twice Carlo's age. The sum of their age is 101. How old is Carlo's.
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Question 1456: The mathematician Augustus DeMorgan who lived in the nineteenth century
stated that he was X years old in the year X to the second power.
In what year was he born?
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Question 1541: If Leah is 6 years older than her sister, Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?
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Question 1771: Robert is 14 years old and his father is 38 years old. How many years ago was the father exactly seven time as old as his son?
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Question 1839: A mother is 6 times older than her daughter is today, and in 20 years from today, the mother will be twice the child's age. What is the daughter's age today? And, what is the equation for solving this problem?
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Question 1968: ) Father age was the same as of son now, when son was born. Now father is 38 then what is the age of son 5 years back.
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Question 1982: Camel staying across the 1000-mile desert. It grows 3000 bananas.It eats 1 banana each mile. if it has to sale these bananas. It has to cross the 1000-mile desert . it can carry 1000 bananas each time. Then how many bananas would it sale.
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Question 2183: If 3 times Jane's age, in years, is equal to 8 times Beth's age, in years, and the difference between their ages is 15 years. How old are Jane and Beth?
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Question 2184: I am 4 times as old as my daughter, I was 39 when my daughter was born, How old am I now ?
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Question 2252: In the following figure:A B C
D
E F G
H
I
Each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is:
a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above.
b)Positioned in the figure above so that each of A + B + C,C + D +E,E + F + G, and G + H + I is equal to 13.
Which digit does E represent?

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Question 2107: 1) In twenty-two years, Alexis' age will be two hundred ninety-seven less than four times the age of Alyssa.
2) Alexis' age is one hundred sixty-two less than three times the age of Alyssa.
What are their ages?
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Question 2325: "Grandpa how old are you?"Billy asked. His grndfather retorted,"why,the average age of you grandmother and me is seventy years,Billy." "But how old are you_?" he asked again,seemiing impatient.
"Well,let me put it another way: I am twice as old as your grandmother was when I was her present age.Perhaps you can figure out both our ages by using some of that algebra you learned today." Scratching his head,Billy went to his room.
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Question 2374: Tom is 4 years older than Jerry.
9 years ago tom was 5x as old as Jerry was then.
How old are they now?
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Question 2454: The sum of Jane's age and Jim's age is 40 years. Jane's age 10 years from now will be 1 year less than 4 times Jim's age 6 years ago. Find their ages.
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Question 2547: The sum of Jane's age and Jim's age is 40. Jane's age 10 years from now will be 1 year less than 4 times Jim's age 6 years ago. Find their ages.
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Question 2637: The sum of the ages of Denise and Earl is 42 years. Earl is 8 years younger than Denise. How old is each?
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Question 2637: The sum of the ages of Denise and Earl is 42 years. Earl is 8 years younger than Denise. How old is each?
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Question 2761: Chaundra is two years older then her brother. She is four years younger then her older sister. Her two parents are each forty-one. The total of all five ages is one hundred twenty-three. How old is Chaundra?
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Question 3059: i have a question on an algebra word problem. it is , john is 32 years old. he is twice as old as jim, How old is jim now?
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Question 3407: Jamar is 4 times as old as Josh. In 20 years he will be twice as old as Josh. How old is Jamar ?
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Question 3427: When the integer n is divided by 17, the quotient is x and the remainder is 5. When n is divided by 23, the quotient is y and the remainder is 14. Which of the following is true?
(A) 23x + 17y =19
(B) 17x �23y = 9
(C) 17x +23y =19
(D) 14x + 5y = 6
(E) 5x � 14y = -6

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Question 3428: One hour after Yolanda started walking from X to Y, a distance of 45 miles, Bob started walking along the same road from Y to X. If Yolanda�s walking rate was 3 miles per hour and Bob�s was 4 miles per hour, how many miles had Bob walked when they met?
(A) 24
(B) 23
(C) 22
(D) 21
(E) 19.5

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Question 3591: I have a question that is driving my wife and I crazy. Can you help us figure it out. It goes something like this:
Leah is 5 yrs older than Sue. John is 6 yrs older than Leah. Their ages total equals 41. How old is Sue? What is the equation for this problem? Thank you.
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Question 4207: Father's age is three years more than three times the son's age. After three years, father's age will be ten years more than twice the son's age. What is the father's present age.
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Question 4279: pat has $3.80 in nickels and dimes. If there are 51 coins in all, how many are nickles?
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Question 4323: Huilan is 6 years older that Thomas. The sum of their ages is 72. What is Thomas's age?
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Question 3708: Sum of the ages of fahad and ahmad is 38.Seven years ago, fahad was three times as old as ahmad.find their present ages
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Question 5067: The product of the ages of Davids children is the square of the sum of their ages. David has less than 8 children. None more than 14 years old and all are at least 2 years old. No child is the same age. How many children does David have and what are their ages?
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Question 5073: Please help me to solve this equation: x^2-2x-3=0
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