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Question 206455: When I am as old as sue is now, sue will be 4 years older than I am now. How much older is sue than I.
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Question 206656: Bob is six years older than his sister, and the sum of their ages is 32. How old is Bob?
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Question 206798: john's sister is 3 years younger than john, john's father is 28 years older than john. five years ago the father's age was one year more than twice the sum of his children's ages then. how old is each now?
i keep getting j-3 for sis j for j and j+28 for dad lost after that
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Question 206804: Half of Henry's age added to 1/3 of Daisy's age is 11 years. Six years from now the sum of their ages will be 40 years how old is each?
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Question 207207: let m=maricar's age now. Let b= Bong's age now. Express the following in terms of m and b.
1.Bong's age in 7 years
2.Bong's age 4 years ago
3.Maricar's age in 7 years
4.Maricar's age 4 years ago
5.The sum of their ages in 7 years.
6.The sum of their ages 4 years ago.
please help me solve these...i really really appreciate if you response. thank u very much...please tell me the solutions...
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Question 207661: x^2-9x=0
I am told to factor
Please help i have no idea!
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Question 207661: x^2-9x=0
I am told to factor
Please help i have no idea!
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Question 207992: working together, matt and juan can restock a store's shelves in 2 hours 24 minutes. alone juan needs two hours longer than matt needs. how long does matt need to restock the shelves when working alone
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Question 207988: working together, matt and juan can restock a store's shelves in 2 hours 24 minutes. alone juan needs two hours longer than matt needs. how long does matt need to restock the shelves when working alone
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Question 208361: Five years ago, John's age was half of the age he will be in 8 years. How old is he now?
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Question 208630: A man who is 40 years old has three sons, ages 6,3,and 1 . in how many years will the combined age of his three sons equal 80% of his age ?
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Question 208773: respected sir,
plz help me to solve my maths problem difficulty..
1] The sum of the ages of Doris & Fred is 5 years.If Doris is 12 years older than fred,how many years old will Fred be y years from now,in terms of y?
waiting for yur reply.
thank u .
regards.
binita
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Question 209802: the ages of the mother and her daughter are 45 and 5 respectively. in how many years will the mother be three times as old as her daughter.
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Question 209885: Al's age plus Bob's age =33
Al's age plus Charlie's age =31
Bob's age plus Charlie's age = 26
How old is each boy?
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Question 210631: Courtney�s grandmother gives her $350 to take gymnastics lessons. The fee for the first month is $50 and each additional month is $30. How many months of gymnastics can Courtney take using her grandmother�s gift? 11months
11 months
Additional Month is x
30(x)+50=350

30x=300
X=10
I know answer but how do I set up formular?
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Question 210661: Ram is 10 years older than his wife, 33 years older than his son, and 35 years older than his daughter. Ram and his wife had been married for 3 years before their son was born. If their (Ram's and his wife's) combined ages add up to 134, how old was Ram's wife was when they got married?
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Question 210896: A father is 4 times as old as his daughter. In six years, he will be three times as old as she is. how old is the daughter now?
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Question 210924: cody is twice as old as evan. three years ago the sum of their age was 27. find the age of each boy now.

Three years ago Now
Cody
Evan X-3 X
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Question 211116: Carl is a years old. His sister Jenny is six more than twice his age. What is the average of their ages?
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Question 211115: Carl is a years old. His sister is 6 more than twice his age. What is the average of their ages?
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Question 211184: Aris is three years older than Rosie. In seven years, Aries will be twice as old as Rosie was five years ago. How old are they now?
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Question 211273: there are 51 students in a certain class. the number of females is 5 lees than three times the number of males. find the number of females and the number of males in the class
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Question 211783: A man is 32 years old and his son is 7 years old. In how many years will the father be twice as old as his son?
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Question 212020: Jamals age is 3 less that twice henrys age the sum of their ages is 39 how old is jamal
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Question 212023: June is seven years younger than George. Together their ages total 19. Jerry's age is the variable x.
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Question 212051: June is seven years younger than George. Together their ages total 19. George's age is the variable x.

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Question 212053: Adam is half as old as Erin. The difference in their ages is 16. Erin's age is the variable x.
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Question 212042: Diego is twice as old as Anna now. Six years ago, Diego was triple Anna's age. Find both their present ages please.
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Question 212042: Diego is twice as old as Anna now. Six years ago, Diego was triple Anna's age. Find both their present ages please.
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Question 212161: The decay rate of krypton -85 is 6.3% per year. What is the half-life?
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Question 212346: A clown weighs 60 lb more than a trapeze artist. The trapeze artist weighs two thirds as much as the clown. How much does each weigh? Choices for the weight of the trapeze artist are 110, 120, 125
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Question 212507: Loretta's age now is twice John's age five years ago. In three years, the sum of John's and Loretta's ages will be 50. How old are Loretta and John today?

Fred is closing a bank account and wants to distribute the money among his grandchildren by giving each of them $20.00 To do this, Fred, needs an additional $62.00. Instead, he gave each grandchild $17.00 and had $7.00 left over. How many grandchildren does Fred have? How much money did he have in the bank account?

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Question 212809: Four years ago, three times cecile's age was 42, her father's age now. How old is cecile now?
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Question 212902: Jack is building a rectangular deck and wants the length to be 3 feet greater than the width. What will the dimensions of the deck be if the perimeter is to be 54ft?
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Question 212904: Kim was the best runner in High School. One Day she ran the 100m in 40 seconds, and the 200m over the low hurdles in One and a half minutes. How many more seconds did it take her to run the 200m over the low hurdles then it did to run the 200m dash?

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Question 212899: A sales representative for Cardinal Pharmaceutcals drove to an out-of-town meeting that was required an overnight stay, he received $150 for lodging plus $.55 per mile driven. How many miles did he drive if Cardinal reimbursed him $225.35 for an overnight trip?

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Question 213069: Ricky is 26 yrs old and Jenny is 5 yrs old. in how many yrs will ricky be twice as old as jenny?
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Question 213108: a 43 foot long string is cut into 4 pices the first piece of string is twice as long as the second piece of string. the 3rd piece of string is 3 feet longer than the second pice of string the fouth piece is twice as long as the first piece.what is the length of thr longest piece of string/
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Question 213106: alice is twice as old as brian. cristal is three years younger then brian .the sum of their ages is 45. how old is cristal?
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Question 213177: Ben is one more than two times as old as Denise. In 19 years the sum of their ages will be 126. How old is Ben now?
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Question 213177: Ben is one more than two times as old as Denise. In 19 years the sum of their ages will be 126. How old is Ben now?
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Question 213442: I havea problem and couldn't find a similar problem:
2 years ago a father was 4 times as old as his son. 3 years from now the father will be only 3 times as old as the son. how old is each now?
can you find a problem at least similar to this one?
thank you,
Destiny
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