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Question 1075978: I don't understand how to start this problem: David is Y years old. In 15 years, he will be two times as old as he was 10 years ago.
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Question 1076193: Martin is 5 years older than his sister. Five years ago, he was 2 times older than his sister. How old is Martin and his sister now? What is a system of equations for this question?
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Question 1076303: On Friday, a local hamburger shop sold a combined total of
315
hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The number of cheeseburgers sold was two times the number of hamburgers sold. How many hamburgers were sold on Friday?
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Question 1076349: Jenny is four years older than Zoe. Five years ago she was twice as old as he was. How old are they?

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Question 1076425: Gary is 7 years old. He is one more than twice his sister amy's age. How old is Amy?
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Question 1076488: A mother is three times as old as her daughter. Four years ago, the mother was four times as old as her daughter then was. The present age of the daughter is?
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Question 1076448: Larry is 8 years older than his sister. In 3 years, he will be twice as old as she is now. How old are they now?
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Question 1076448: Larry is 8 years older than his sister. In 3 years, he will be twice as old as she is now. How old are they now?
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Question 1076448: Larry is 8 years older than his sister. In 3 years, he will be twice as old as she is now. How old are they now?
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Question 1074396: The RSM Seed Company sells seeds for the Rare Rose, which blooms every 12 years; the Seldom Sunflower, which blooms every 7 years; and the Miracle Magnolia, which blooms every 50 years. If all three plants bloom in 2016, in what year will all three of them bloom again the next time?
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Question 1070668: mary is 5 times as old as her daughter, and. three years ago she was 9 times as old as ann. How old is mary
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Question 1070352: The product of two numbers is 12. The sum of the larger number and twice the smaller number is 11. Find the two numbers.

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Question 1069688: James is 12 Years older than his brother Tim. Three years ago, James was three times as old as Tim. Find their presents ages

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Question 1069602: Tom is 45% older than Jessica. Tom's age is what percentage of Jessica's? If Jessica is 20,how old is Tom?
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Question 1069561: Keira Anne is 2 years more than twice the age of Mary Jane. The sum of their ages is 17. How old is each girl?
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Question 1069486: Paul has a son named David. The sum of their ages is 84. After three years, Paul will be twice as old as David. What are their ages now?
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Question 1069551: A flag has a total area of 42 ft.� a second flag has an area 48 ft.� if the width of both Are 6 feet what are the length?
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Question 1059583: In 2006, there were 11,200 students at College A, with a projected enrollment increase of 800 students per year. In the same year, there were 30,700 students at College B, with a projected enrollment decline of 500 students per year.
According to these projections, when will the colleges have the same enrollment? What will be the enrollment at that time?
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Question 1060044: Anna is three times as old as michelle. Kristy is 2 years older than Michelle. If you addall their ages you get 37. How old is each girl.

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Question 1057558: P(t)equals=Upper P Subscript o Baseline e Superscript negative 0.00012 tPoe−0.00012t. A bone has lost 2626% of its carbon-14. How old is the bone?
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Question 1076541: Find the average age of 12 girls in three years time if presently the sum of their ages is 96 years?
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Question 1076676: Two sisters have ages that are consecutive even integers. The product of their ages is 120. Find the age of the sisters by writing and solving an algebraic equation. Make sure to define your variables.
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Question 1076729: The ages of Graham and Adam total 36 years. Graham's age plus twice Adam's age is 59. Determine their ages.
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Question 1076758: AMINAT is 25yrs old in 1960 and her father is 35yrs older than her. How many years from now will the product of their ages be 2244
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Question 1076924: son 16 years younger than father.In 3 years sons age will 1\3 of his father.Find present age of sons
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Question 1076924: son 16 years younger than father.In 3 years sons age will 1\3 of his father.Find present age of sons
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Question 1076995: Jamie is 3 times as old as her sister, Penny. In 2 years, Jamie will be twice as old as Penny. How old are Jamie and Penny now?
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Question 1076992: Betsy's age is four times than 3 times his dauther's age.

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Question 1076992: Betsy's age is four times than 3 times his dauther's age.

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Question 1077184: Darren is four times old as Tabitha. In twenty years, Darren will be twice as old as Tabitha. How old are they now?
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Question 1077184: Darren is four times old as Tabitha. In twenty years, Darren will be twice as old as Tabitha. How old are they now?
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Question 1077142: Ankit is standing in the playing field at the back of his school. From where he is standing the angle of elevation of the bottom of the flagpole on the roof of the school is 35 degree. while the angle of elevation of the top of the flagpole is 40 degree. The distance from the ankit to the bottom of the flagpole is 37m and the distance from the ankit to the top of the flagpole is 40 m.
a) find the height of the flagpole
b0 How far along the level of the ground is ankit from the school

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Question 1077284:
Marrie is half age of Ann when Ann was 6 years old and and now Ann is 34 years old how old is marrie?

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Question 1077375: Ava's mother is 3 times as old as Ava. Her grandmother is twice as old as Ava's mother. The sum of the numbers is 120. How old are Ava, her mother, and her grandmother? I figured out the ages, but have no clue how to write the equation.
Ava is 12.
Mother is 36.
Grandmother is 72.

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Question 1077371: Chris is 14 years older than his cousin Christina together there ages add up to 56 how old is Christina?
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Question 1077522: My sister is 10 years older than I am. Our combined age is half the age of our grandfather. Our grandfather is 68 years old. How old am I ?
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Question 1077524: in 1980 Bob was 10 years old. How Old would would Bob be today if his sister was twice his age back then?

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Question 1077524: in 1980 Bob was 10 years old. How Old would would Bob be today if his sister was twice his age back then?

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Question 1077521: My sister is 8 years older than I am. Our combined age is half the age of my grandfather. Our grandfather is 68. How old am I ?
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Question 1077594: Jimbob is three years older than his brother. The sum of their ages is 33 how old is jimbob
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Question 1077681: The sum of the ages of a father and his son is 100 years now. 5 years ago their ages were in a the ratio of 2:1.. The ratio of the ages of father and son after 10 years will be?
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Question 1077695: average age of a boy and a girl is 14 years. The average age of the same boy, the girl and her twin sister is 16 years. What is the boy's age?
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Question 1077694: average age of a boy and a girl is 14 yrs. The average age of the same boy, the girl and her twin sister is 16 yrs. What is the boy's age?
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