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Question 1038587: The sum of the ages of Musa and his friend is 50 years.If ten years ago,the age of Musa was twice that of his friend.Find their present Ages.
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Question 1038627: Jake is younger than his brother by 10 years. Five years ago the sum of their ages was 60. Find their present age.
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Question 1038627: Jake is younger than his brother by 10 years. Five years ago the sum of their ages was 60. Find their present age.
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Question 1038702: 14.My son is 10 less than 1/2 my age. If I am 36 how old is my son.
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Question 1038710: What is the combined age of three friends aged 78 80 and 82
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Question 1038750: Jamie is four less than three times older than Emily. If Jamie is 47, how old is Emily?

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Question 1038781: if A was foue times as old as B 8 years ago, and if A will be twice as old as B 8 years hence how old is B now?
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Question 1038820: Pat is 21 years older than his son Patrick. In 9 Years Pat will be twice as old as Patrick. How old are they now?
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Question 1039026: Jacqueline was 24 when her son was born. Now she is 3 times her son's age. How old is Jaqueline now?
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Question 1039147: A MAN IS FOUR TIME AS OLD AS HIS SON, FOUR YEARS AGO THE SUM OF THEIR AGES WAS 48 YEARS. FIND THEIR PRESENT AGES.
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Question 1039147: A MAN IS FOUR TIME AS OLD AS HIS SON, FOUR YEARS AGO THE SUM OF THEIR AGES WAS 48 YEARS. FIND THEIR PRESENT AGES.
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Question 1039322: Josh has 5 cousins who were born at intervals of 3 and a half years between each one.
The oldest is now exactly 3 times as old as the youngest.
How old is the middle one of the 5?

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Question 1039418: Hiya I'm wondering how old my Mam was and when she was born she's now 33 and her birthday is April 24th but I don't no when she was born please help
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Question 1039420: Three times the age of Felicia is four more than the age of Asare.. In three years, the sum of their ages will be 30 years.. Find their present ages..
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Question 1039572: My problem is:
Walter is 43 years old; his daughter Paulette is 7. In how many years will Paulette be one-third of Walter's age?
I'm afraid I don't know how to set it up.
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Question 1039573: Mike is 11 years old. Jim is twice as old as Mike. When Jim is 50 years old, how old will Mike be?
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Question 1039573: Mike is 11 years old. Jim is twice as old as Mike. When Jim is 50 years old, how old will Mike be?
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Question 1039595: Christ is 2 years younger than Jim. Their sum age is 30. Could you help me how to write this in a equation and reason why.

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Question 1039609: The sum of Sally and Beth age is 60.Six years ago,Sally was 3 times as old as Beth.What are thier present age?

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Question 1039607: The sum of Sally and Beth age is 60.Six years ago,Sally was 3 times as old as Beth.What are thier present age?

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Question 1039607: The sum of Sally and Beth age is 60.Six years ago,Sally was 3 times as old as Beth.What are thier present age?

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Question 1039627: Clara, Liz, and Maria are three sisters whose birthdays all fall on the same day. Clara is 2/3 as old as Liz; Maria is 1/6 as old as Clara; and Clara is in the sixth grade in a private school. If Liz is younger than 21, how old is she?
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Question 1039637: Mike's son John is exactly one fifth of Mike's age. In 21years time, Mike will be exactly twice John's age. How old is John now?
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Question 1039786: The sum of James and tom 2 years ago Was 40. In two years time from now, the ages of James will be 3times than of john. Find their ages now

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Question 1039787: Johns mother is 2 years less than three times johns age. The sum of their ages is 54. Find their ages.
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Question 1039870: Jerry's mother is 6 years more than twice Jerry's age. The sum of theur ages is 75. Find their ages.
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Question 1040034: Luis is 6 years older than Bill. In 12 years, the sum of their ages is 60. What are their present ages?
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Question 1040041: five years ago mike was twice as old as Berto.The sum of their ages in 6 years will be 40 years.What is the present age of each?
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Question 1040046: Liza is 8 years old. Marie's age is 10 more than Liza's age. How old is Marie?
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Question 1040199: Present age of vanilla is four times the present age of her sister mala. After 10years, twice vani's age will be four times males age. Find their present ages.
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Question 1040242: Four years ago, ronnie was 6 times as old as his son. Six years ago, his age was 2 years more than eight times his son's age. how old are they now?

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Question 1040278: The sum of one-fifth of Lucy's age and one-seventh of her age is 12. Use algebra to workout her age. Plz help
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Question 1040361: James is 4 less than 3 times older than Emily. If James is 47, how old is Emily
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Question 1040377: when the son will be as old as father there ages will add up to 126 years. when the father was as old as the son in today there ages added up to 38 years. find their present age
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Question 1040368: Joey is twice as old as Glaiza while Priam is 24 years younger than Joey.If half of Joey's age six years ago was three less than one half the sum of Glaiza's age in four years and Priam's present age,find the ages of each.

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Question 1040414: 1) A girl is x years old. Her father is three times as old. If the difference in their ages is 30 years,
a)form an equation in x,
b) solve the equation to find the girls age
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Question 1040471: John's father is 26 years younger than John's grandfather and 29 years older than John. The sum of all the three is 135 years . What is the age of each one of them ?
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Question 1040544: 1) A father is five times as old as his son. If the difference in their ages is 32 years, find their ages.
2) A goat is six times as heavy as its kid. If their total mass is 70 kg, find their masses in kg.
3) A mother is five times as old as her daughter. If the sum of their ages 6 years ago was 60, find their present ages.
4) A boy is 12 years old. His mother is 4 times as old. In x years time, the mother will be three times as old as the son. Form an equation in x and hence find x.
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Question 1040548: 1) A mother is five times as old as her daughter. If the sum of their ages 6 years ago was 60, find their present ages.
2) A boy is 12 years old. His mother is 4 times as old. In x years time, the mother will be three times as old as the son. Form an equation in x and hence find x.
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Question 1040575: Hi,
I've been trying to solve a word problem but can't figure out how to do it. I've turned the problem into a polynomial which I solved with the quadratic rule but it doesn't give the correct results.
Here's the original problem:
"I saw you at the races, said Steve. Who was the boyfriend? Boyfriend? That's my dad! Pam laughed. But you like puzzles, so here's one. If you add his age to the square of mine, you get just three quarters of my age multiplied by the difference between his age and mine."
I assumed Pam was 'x' and her dad was 'y'.
From the wording, I came up with this:
x^2 + y = 0.75 * ( x * ( y - x ) )
multiplying both sides by 4 gives:
4x^2 + 4y = 3 * ( x * ( y - x ) )
=>
4x^2 + 4y = 3 * ( xy - x^2 )
=>
4x^2 + 4y = 3xy - 3x^2
=>
7x^2 + 4y = 3xy
=>
7x^2 + 4y - 3xy = 0
At this point I tried to divide by y to give a normal quadratic I could solve:
7z - 3x + 4 = 0 (assuming z was equal to x/y)
My problem is that solving this doesn't give the correct results which I know to be x=20,y=50. If I graph the equation the roots aren't right either and the equation seems to be solvable with multiple values. I'm a bit of a maths novice so I'm not sure where I've gone wrong!

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Question 1040643: Eight less than twice lisa's age is 36 years. Find lisa's age
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Question 1040644: Ten less than three times tony's age is 50. Find tony's age
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Question 1040845: Teresa is three times older than her sister Anne. If Anne is 8 years old now, how old is Teresa when Anne is 15 years old.

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Question 1040845: Teresa is three times older than her sister Anne. If Anne is 8 years old now, how old is Teresa when Anne is 15 years old.

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Question 1041014: Thirty years ago John was 14. How old is he now?
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