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Question 1067621: Mum is 28 years older than Anthony. Mum is 4 years younger than dad. The three of them have a total age of 84 years. How old is each person?
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Question 1067757: Suzi and jack have a combined age of 29. Three years ago, triple suzi's age plus double jacks age was 55. How old are suzi and jack?
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Question 1067778: In 12 years I will be 3 times as old as I was 32 years ago how old am I
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Question 1067785: One integer is 60 larger than another integer. The sum of the two integers is one hundred thirty. What is the larger of the two integers?
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Question 1067795: A 555-mile, 5 hour plane trip was flown at two speeds. For the first par of the trip, the average speed was 105 mph. Then the tailwind picked up, and the remainder of the trip was flown at an average speed of 115 mph. For how long did the plane fly at each speed?
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Question 1067594: John is twice as old as Jane was when he was as old as she is now. The sum of their age is 63. How old is John and Jane
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Question 1067594: John is twice as old as Jane was when he was as old as she is now. The sum of their age is 63. How old is John and Jane
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Question 1067831: The present age of father and his son are 35 years and 12 years respectively. Find how many years ago the product of their age was 210?
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Question 1067833: �f a brother is 15 and their s�ter �s twice their age how old would their sister be
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Question 1067519: Jeff is 17 years older than Sue. In 11 years Jeff will be twice as old as Sue. How old are they both?
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Question 1067699: In an average year about 650 different pitchers pitch to at least one batter in a major- league baseball game. How many would you expect to be left handed?
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Question 1067889: In one math class, there are 30 students, 12 of whom are non traditional in terms of age. If you randomly pick one person from the class, what's the probability that he or she will be of non traditional age.
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Question 1067921: A man is 3 times as old as his son. Four years ago, the sum of their age as 60 years. How old is the son

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Question 1067922: sporg is 8 years old and sara is 26 years old how old was sara when sporg was born
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Question 1067953: Rap is three times as old as joseph,and Don is five more than twice as old as Joseph. If the sum of their ages is 29,then how old are they now?
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Question 1067954: Ted allots three hours for his walking -running exercise once a week, wherein he covers a total distance of 15km.If his speed rate in walking is 3 kph and his running speed is 12kph, then how much does he cover running? Walking?
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Question 1068005: when you divide Brian's farther age by 2,3,4,5 or 6 the remainder is 1. if Brian's faryher is less than 100 years how old is he
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Question 1068005: when you divide Brian's farther age by 2,3,4,5 or 6 the remainder is 1. if Brian's faryher is less than 100 years how old is he
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Question 1067994: Melissa's age four years ago was 33. If Melissa's age is one more than three times as her daughter Judith, then what was Judith's age four years ago?
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Question 1068050: If Leo adds his current age to the age he will be next year on this date, the sum is 113 years. How old will Leo be 15 years from today?
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Question 1068078: In10 years a childs age will be 6 years less than triple her current age, find the childs current age.

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Question 1068095: The sum of two consecutive integers is -1.Solve for the exact value of the two integers.
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Question 1068094: One number exceeds the other by 25.If the sum of the two numbers is 13, then what are the exact values of the two numbers?
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Question 1067995: Bel is five times older than Tina. Six years ago,Bel was seven times older than Tina. What are their agea now?
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Question 1068132: A
69-inch
board is cut into two pieces so that one piece is
two
times as long as the other. Find the length of each piece.
Building A is
262
meters taller than building B. If the height of building A is subtracted from twice the height of building B, the result is
218
meters. How tall is each skyscraper?
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Question 1068168: my father is 23 years older than me In 15 years ge will be triple my age today. How Old am I

I keep getting stuck in the equation I make the father X and the child Y
therefore x=y+23, after 15 years x = 3 x y
then I do this but I get in a mess
(x+15) = 3 x (y +15)
then I get completely lost, tried to put it in table form, no answer is the same.
Please help, there is nothing online that relates to this type of question and I know its simple but I am 15 and struggle with math questions
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Question 1066993: Paul is two fifths as old as Janet. Five years from now, he will be at least half as old as Janet. At most how old is Paul now?
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Question 1068209: The sum of two consecutive odd integers is 96. Find the integers.
The sum of three consecutive integers is 117. Find the integers.
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Question 1068207: Peter,John,Molly and Stan are 100years old combined.
Stan is 4 years younger than Peter. Johns age is 1 1/2 times Mollys age.
2 years ago was Stans age 6 times Mollys age.
How old are Peter, John,Molly and Stab separate?
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Question 1068224: The combined age of a dog and his owner are 96 years in total. The owner is 3 times older than his dog. How old is the owner?
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Question 1068185: On a windy day, a boat traveled 210 km in 15 hours. When travelling against the wind, it took 21hours for the boat to travel back. What was the rate of the boat in still air and what was the velocity of the wind that hindered the speed of the boat?
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Question 1068186: The combined ages of Jane and her mother is 60. In 6 years Jane will be one-half her mother's age. How old are they now?
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Question 1068186: The combined ages of Jane and her mother is 60. In 6 years Jane will be one-half her mother's age. How old are they now?
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Question 1067885: In reality, on average 175 of those pitchers are left handed. What do you think that statistics say about being left handed as a baseball pitcher and why?
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Question 1068271: Ken is 25 years younger than his dad. In 14 years he will be exactly half his dad's age.
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Question 1068271: Ken is 25 years younger than his dad. In 14 years he will be exactly half his dad's age.
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Question 1068444: five years ago, jonh^s age was half of the age he will be in 8 years. how old is he now?

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Question 1068444: five years ago, jonh^s age was half of the age he will be in 8 years. how old is he now?

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Question 1068208: Building A is 338 meters taller than building B. If the height of building A is subtracted from twice the height of building B, the result is 131 meters. How tall is each skyscraper?
During his tennis career in singles play, John won 33 fewer tournament A titles than tournament B titles and 22 more tournament C titles than tournament B titles. If he won 20 of these titles total, how many times did he win each one?
John won
nothing tournament A title(s).
John won
nothing tournament B title(s).
John won
nothing tournament C title(s).
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Question 1068470: John is 6 years older than Kathy. Together, their ages equal 4 times Kathy's age. How old is each?
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Question 1068506: Which situation CANNOT be represented by this equation?
-14x+14=8-14x+14=8
CLEAR CHECK
A hot-air balloon has a 1414-foot diameter that each 1414 of an hour gets steadily smaller. At what rate, xx, does the balloon have to shrink per hour before it has shrunk to a diameter of 88 feet?

A hot-air balloon has a 1414-foot diameter that is getting smaller at a rate of 1414 foot per minute. How many minutes, xx, will it take before the balloon has shrunk to a diameter of 88 feet?

A hot-air balloon has an 88-foot diameter that is changing at a rate of 1414 foot per minute. How long in minutes, xx, will it take until the balloon has a diameter of 1414 feet?

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Question 1068546: Is this correct? John is 1/3 of the age of vincent. In 5 years, thejr age will jave a sum equal to 110. How oldnare they now?
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Question 1068602: William is three times as old as Thomas. In five years William will be four more than twice Thomas' age. What is both of their current age?

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