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Question 182293: Dan's father was forty years older when the son was 12 years old. How many years must be added to Dan's age so that he will be 8 years older than one-fourth of his father's age?
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Question 182393: Todd is half as old as his father. Twelve years ago , todd was one third as old as his father. how old is each now?
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Question 182583: One year ago ruths uncle was 10 times as old as ruth was. Now ruths uncle is seven times as old as she is. How old is ruth?
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Question 182663: A Man's age this year is three times that of his Son. If in 15 years time the Father will be twice as old as his Son, find their present ages.
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Question 182669: If Leah is 6 years older than Sue,and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. How old is Sue?
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Question 182721: Alfred is twice as old as his brother. Four years ago he was four times as old. How old is Alfred now?
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Question 182721: Alfred is twice as old as his brother. Four years ago he was four times as old. How old is Alfred now?
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Question 182797: Mara's father is 12 years older than twice her age. If last year he was exactly three times her age, how old are each now?
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Question 183442: In 15 years, Maya will be twice as old as David is now. In 15 years, David will be as old as Maya will be in 10 years from now. How old are they now?
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Question 183642: The amount of money that a salesperson makes varies directly as the total amount of sales made. If the salesperson recieves $7,500 for selling a house for $120,000, how much will he or she make if he or she sells a house for $150,000?
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Question 183641: When the digits of a two-digit number are reversed, the new number is 9 more than the original number, and the sum of the digits of the original number is 11. WHat is the original number?
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Question 183895: A number is 5 times another number. The product of the two numbers are 245. What are the two numbers?
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Question 183943: A daughter is 28 years younger than her father. In 5 years, the father will be 3 times as old as his daughter. How old is each now?
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Question 184011: Jenson's Age, reduced by its 1/4 and 1/5, is 22 years,and his age is 4/5 of his Uncle's age : What is Jenson's age and his Uncle's age?
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Question 184125: The sum of the ages of Ruth and her mother is 75 years. The difference in thier ages is 29 years. How old is each?
r+m=75?
m-r=29?
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Question 184257: Zoron is 10 years older than his sister.In 3 years,he will be twice as old as she will be then. How old are they now?
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Question 184768: molly is 4 years younger than heidi. in 3 years heidi will be twice as old as molly. How old are they now?
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Question 184785: Hi,
The problem is a common one: The ages of a certain father and son are the same with the digits reversed. Nine years ago, the father was twice as old as the son. How old are they now?
I know what the answer is - that is trivial. I am after an ALGEBRAIC solution, if their is one.
Thank You,
Michael L. Giancola

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Question 184924: A says to B " I am twice as old as you were when I was as old as you are".The sum of their ages be 63 yrs then find their present ages?
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Question 184955: Seth is two and a half times older than Pete. The difference in their ages is 45 years. Howa old are they?
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Question 185082: seven years ago, my son was one third my age at the time. seven years from now, he will be one half my age at that time. How old is my son?
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Question 185019: Gabrielle's age is three times Mikhail's age. The sum of their ages is 64. What is Gabrielle's age?
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Question 185090: In 15 years, Maya will be twice as old as David is now. In 15 years, David will be as old as Maya will be in 10 years from now. How old re Maya and David now?
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Question 185095: Adam is three times as old as Cynthia and Fred is sixteen years younger than Adam. One year ago, Adams age was twice the sum of Cynthia's and Fred's age. Find their present age.

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Question 185255: I am a Grandmother trying to help my grandson with his homework. I haven't taken Algebra in over 45 years. Please help me. This is a work problem from a print out so I don't know the text book ISBN.
Tyrone is twice as old as his daughter. In six years Tyrone's age will be three times what his daughter's age was six years ago. How old are they at present?
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Question 185943: lina is 1\3 times as old as anita. six years ago she was 1\9 as old as anita .what is the present age of anita? of Lina?

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Question 185872: Mary, who is sixteen years old, is four times as old as her brother. How old will Mary be when she is twice as old as her brother?
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Question 185942: lina is 1\3 times as old as anita. six years ago she was 1\9 as old as anita .what is the present age of anita? of Lina?

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Question 185942: lina is 1\3 times as old as anita. six years ago she was 1\9 as old as anita .what is the present age of anita? of Lina?

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Question 186033: My daughter asked me how old I am. I said in 20 years time I will be twice the age I was 12 years ago. How old am I?
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Question 186033: My daughter asked me how old I am. I said in 20 years time I will be twice the age I was 12 years ago. How old am I?
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Question 186089: There are four children in a family. There were all born two years apart. The sum of their ages is 84. How old are the children?
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Question 186369: Fred is 12 years older than his brother.
In 2 years Fred will be twice as old as his brother will be.
How old is each of them now?
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Question 186499: The sum of 4 times Lottie's age and 7 times Eddie's age is 169. Eddie is one year more than twice as old ad Lottie. Find each of their ages.
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Question 186598: A man is three times as old as his son was at the time when the father was twice as old as the son will be in two years from now. Find the present age of each person if the sum of their ages is fifty-five years.
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Question 186827: Hello, Here is my question:
A father and son have a joint age of 36. The father is 30 years older than his son. How old is his son? Clue: the answer is not 6.
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Question 187140: The sum of the ages of Petra and her mother is 48. Her mother is 12 years more than twice as old as Petra. How old are Petra and her mother?
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Question 187499: if leah is 6 years older than 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 187669: a lion eats one sheep in 4 hours, a leopard eats one sheep in 5 hours, and a bear eats one sheep in 6 hours. how long would it take the three animals together to eat one sheep?
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Question 187690: Tim is 5 years older than JoAnn. Six years from now the sume of their ages will be 79. How old are Tim and JoAnn now?
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Question 187899: How do I express this word problem in algebra?
Brenda is three years older than Ken. If the product of their ages is 180, how old are they?
I know that by trial and error, the answer is 15 and 12 but I am completely stumped in trying to express this algebraically. I have tried using linear and simultaneous methods to no avail. Please help me!

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Question 187895: can you please help me to answer this question thank you
Mang casar is 20 years older than his son. in 5 years he will be 3 times as old as his son. find their present age.
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Question 187901: Alex is 16 year old and his sister is 5 years old. In how many years will he be exactly two times as old as his sister?
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