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Question 1058817: Harry is 20 years old than Ian. 5 years from now, Ian will be 3/5 as old as Harry. How old is each now?
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Question 1058819: The sum of the heights of three ladders is 143 feet. The second ladder is twice the height of the first ladder. The third ladder is three feet more than twice the height of the first ladder. Write an equation, and then solve it to find the height of each ladder.
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Question 1058919: Gerald is 4 years younger than tom. If tom is t years old, how old is Gerald? Also, if Steven is twice as old as Gerald, how old is he?
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Question 1058984: Ben is 20 years older than Daniel. Ben and Daniel first met two years ago. Three years ago, Ben was 3 times as old as Daniel.
How old is Daniel now?
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Question 1059000: (1). Bertha is three times as old as Martha but four times as old as Gifty. Fine their respective ages if the sum of their ages is 84 years.
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Question 1059079: Ray is 21 years older than his sister Mary. In 7 years, he will be twice as old as Mary. How old is each of them now?
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Question 1059108: jill is twice as old as his brother. the difference of their age is 45. how old is jill?
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Question 1059171: The sum of th ages of a mother and her 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 1059191: clayton is 4 years younger than his brother josh. if the sum of their ages is 28, how old is each boy?
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Question 1059198: if the age of a father is 30 years more than his son, after 4 years the age of the father will be four time than his son. what is the age of the son?

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Question 1059164: James father is seven times as old as he is . One year ago. he was nine times as old as James . Fins their percent age.

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Question 1059206: nina is four years older than jennifer. in seven years, she will be twice as jennifer was in 5 years ago. Find the present ages of Nina and Jennifer

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Question 1059228: A wise man once said,"400 reduced by 4 times my age is 128." What is his age?
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Question 1059238: I am will be 4 times my age in 33 years how old am I today?
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Question 1059292: anthony is 50 years older than his grandson. 20 years ago, anthony was six times as old as his grandson. what are their present ages?
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Question 1059321: Mary's age is 5 yrs. less than three times her daughter's age. If the sum of their ages is 57, how old are they each.
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Question 1059386: A mother's age is 4 times her daughter's age. 3 years ago the sum of their ages was 39 how old are they now?
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Question 1059396: Lucy is nine years less than three times the age of her daughter Chloe. In five years, she will be twice her daughter'a age. How old is Chloe?
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Question 1059445: Ashly is 7 years younger than brandon. The sum of their ages is 55. How old is Ashly ?

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Question 1059445: Ashly is 7 years younger than brandon. The sum of their ages is 55. How old is Ashly ?

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Question 1059463: The sum of the ages of Mark's two sons is equal to his own age of 51.
21 years ago, Mark's older son was twice as old as the younger son.
How old was Mark when the sum of his sons' ages was half his age?
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Question 1059449: Max is 24 years older than his son, Liam. In two years, Liam will be half as old as Max. How old is Max now? _____yeadr old
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Question 1059533: Amy was born when Phil was 24 years old.
When Amy is 3 times as old as she is today, Phil will be 3 times as old as Amy.
How old is Phil today?
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Question 1059512: Amy was born when Phil was 24 years old.
When Amy is 3 times as old as she is today, Phil will be 3 times as old as Amy.
How old is Phil today?
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Question 1059554: The ages of Sam, Tontom, and Ramon are consecutive integers. Sam is younger then Ramon but older than Tonton. Sam's mother is thrice as old as Sam and 14 years older than twice as old as Ramon. Find the ages of each.
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Question 1059567: Sam is 51 years older than Melissa 5 years ago the sum of their ages was 83 how old is each now
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Question 1059567: Sam is 51 years older than Melissa 5 years ago the sum of their ages was 83 how old is each now
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Question 1059567: Sam is 51 years older than Melissa 5 years ago the sum of their ages was 83 how old is each now
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Question 1059558: A person has a wife, 2 sons and 1 daughter.he owns Rs 10 lakh. he gifts 1/10 share to his wife and remaning amount to his children . the share of every son is double then of daughter . find share of each person?
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Question 1059620: Aunt Dot is 7 times as old as kay. The sum of their age is 40 how old is each person
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Question 1059670: Jerry is 6 years older than his friend George. Their other friend Kramer is 9 years younger then George. The sum of all their ages is 93 years. How old are the 3 friends?

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Question 1059683: Jake is johns father. The sum of their age is 44. In 14 years jake will be twice as old is john. What is both their ages
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Question 1059664: Jane is 64 years old. She is 4 years older than three times Linda's age. How old is linda ??
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Question 1059623: James is one third Kate's age. Luke is 5 times James age. If there is a difference of 24 years between Luke and Kate's ages, what is the combined total of their ages
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Question 1059743: John is six times as old as his little sister Anna. In twelve years,John will be twice as old as Anna. How old is John now ? Okay this is just an example of what I'm having to do and it shows the following.
6x + 12=2(x+12)
6x+12=2x+24
4x=12
X=3
So the question is I'm not understanding how they came about getting 4x=12 or even 6x+12=2x+24?
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Question 1059907: Charlie's sister is 3 less than 3 times c if charlie's sister is 9 years old,how old is c
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Question 1059926: The total age for Amelia, Bernard, and Cindy is 10w years. Amelia is 2w years old. Bernard is as old as Cindy.
Express Cindy's age in terms of w.
If w = 4, how old is Cindy?
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Question 1059955: Sally is 8 years older than john. John is 14 years older than Karen. If the sum of their ages is 90, how old are they?
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