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Question 1002660: Mike is one year younger than four times his sister Lexi's age. The sum of their ages is 14. Write a system of equations that models this situation. Then determine Mike's and Lexi's ages.
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Question 1002726: Five years from now, a father's age will be three times his son's age, and 5 years ago, he was seven times as old as his son was. What are their present ages?
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Question 1002732: Alan is 4 times Peter's age. 12 years ago, he was 7 times as old. What are their ages now?
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Question 1002831: 5 years ago a boy was twice as old as a girl, 10 years later the boy will be twice as old as the girl. how old are the boy and the girl
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Question 1002848: A man is five years as old as his son. In fifteen years he will be as twice as old as his son how old is the son now
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Question 1002899: A man like be his life for x years. When he was in his midlife his first child was born. When he was in his 2/3 his second child was born. When the man died the sum of the children's ages is 60. How long does the man live.
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Question 1002985: Jacob is two years younger than his sister. Together they are 26. How old is Jacob?
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Question 1003080: Fred is 8 years older than frank . Francis is 3 years younger than Fred . If the sum of their ages is 40 , find the age of each child
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Question 1003080: Fred is 8 years older than frank . Francis is 3 years younger than Fred . If the sum of their ages is 40 , find the age of each child
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Question 1003097: if mr james was 54 years 5 years ago,
1. represent this mathematically
2. find his present age
3. if he is twice his sons age, find the sons age

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Question 1003224: Four years ago, Sara was three times as old as Matthew was then. Twenty years from now, Sara will be twice as old as Matthew will be ten years from now. How old is Matthew now?
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Question 1003358: A wise man once said,"300 reduced by 4 times my age is 92." What is his age
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Question 1003526: When I was at your age now, you were only 5 years old. When you become as old as I am now, I will be 71 years old." How old are A and B now, respectively?
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Question 1003497: The NC Zoo has different admission prices for adults and children. When Mr. And Mrs. Weaver went with their 3 children the bill was $30. When Mrs. Weaver went with 2 of her children they got in for $15. What is the price of an adult�s ticket and what is the price of a child�s ticket? Please include steps.
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Question 1003495: An investor wants to have a retirement nest egg of $100,000 and estimates that her investment now will grow at 4% compounded continuously for 30 years. What amount should she invest now to achieve this goal? (do not approximate until your final answer)please include steps
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Question 1003606: A younggirls is a quarter ofher mums age . The girl is 8. How old is her mum
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Question 1003582: Diane serves breakfast to two groups of children at a day care center. she needs 1/3 cup for younger children and 3/4 cup for older children.a group contains 22 younger children and 10 older children.if there are 12 cups in a box how many boxes of cereals will she need for the group?
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Question 1003589: Isha is 5 years younger than her brother. After 4 years their ages will be in ratio 2:3. Find their present ages.
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Question 1003723: The total of three sister's ages is 39. Dina is half as old as Michelle and 3 years younger than Juliette. How old are the sisters?
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Question 1003732: Francis is 2 years older than jojo. In 8 years, jojo will be 4/3 as old as francis is now. Find their present ages.
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Question 1003774: Five years ago, Grace was 2 less than twice the age of jones. 27 years from now, Grace will be 2 more than thrice the age of Jones next year. What are their present ages?

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Question 1003773: Five less than twice Francis' age is 3 more than Glen's age. 8 years ago, Glen was as old as Francis is now. How old are Francis and Glen?
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Question 1003781: my birthday date is . . .31/12/2001 . .
On 01/01/2016 what will be my age . .?
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Question 1003771: When asked about her age, Jun's blind date answered: "the sum of the 2 digits of my age is 8. 14 years from now, mty age will be 4 less han my present age in reverse" How old is Jun's date?
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Question 1003753: A man is now three times old as his daughter. In twelve years time he will be twice as old as his daughter. Find their present ages.
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Question 1003778: Jimmy is twice as old as his daughter. 12 years ago, he was three times her age. Determine how old Jimmy�s daughter is now.
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Question 1003824: The sum of the present ages of Joey and his mother is 46 years. In 4 years, Joey will be less than one half as old as him mother at that time. Find the present ages of Joey and his mother.
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Question 1003814:
Five years ago,a father was 3 times as old as his son.Now their combined ages amount to 110 years.find the present age of the father.
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Question 1003924: Quiz Time
A girl went to school & the teacher asked how old are you? She replied I don't know, bt I know that I'm half my mother's age. The teacher asked ok how old is your mother? She said I don't know but I know that my Dad is 5 yrs older than my mother. Teacher, how old is yor dad? She said I don't know but I know that if we add our ages the answer is 100 yrs... Nw how old is the girl, her mum & her dad?
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Question 1003993: Shannon is three times my age.The sum of our ages is the same as six times my age two years ago.
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Question 1004004: A fossilized leaf contains 12% of its normal amount of carbon 14. How old is the fossil (to the nearest year)? Use 5600 years as the half-life of carbon 14.
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Question 1004263: Sam is T times older than Dan. Sam is 40 years old. How old is Dan in terms of T
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Question 1004296: If father age is four times than his son and after 24 years, father age is twice as his son. What is their present age?
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Question 1004198: Marie is 9 years older than her brother Richard. Six years ago Richard was 1/2 as old as Marie. How old are they now?
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Question 1004338: Steve is 22 years older than john and steve's age is above 15 and john's age is beneath 87. How old is steve and john?
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Question 1004433: Mr. Tanaka is 35 and son is 5 in how many years will Mr tanaka be exactly three time as old as his son
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Question 1004406: An older person is 8 years older than 5 times the age of a younger person. The sum of their age is 26. Find their age.
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Question 1004498: It takes Jack eight minutes to sweep a porch. Lisa can sweep the same porch in 14 minutes. How long would it take if they worked together?

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Question 1004528: The sum of a mother and a daughter is 52 years. Eight years ago, the mother was eight times as old as her daughter. How old is the mother now?
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Question 1004530: Penny is 3 years 6 months old. She is one year older than Henry. What is the ratio of penny's age to Henry's age?
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