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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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Question 213653: In 28 years a man will be twice as old as he will be in 2 years. How old is he now?
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Question 213667: Shirley is currently five times as old as Harry. In six years, Shirley will be twice as old as Harry.
a.How old are they now?
b. How old will they be in 6 years?
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Question 213964: Bob is 24 years younger than his father. In 2 years he will be half as old as his father. How old is each now?
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Question 214165: 40 years ago i was 1/3 the age i will be in 4 years. How old am I?
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Question 214165: 40 years ago i was 1/3 the age i will be in 4 years. How old am I?
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Question 214369: Respected sir,
plz solve my maths problem.
1] In ten years ,david will be four times as old as aaron.twenty years ago,david was twice as old as ellen,if david is seven years older than ellen,how old is aaron?
waiting for yur reply.
thank u.
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Question 214484: This year, your brother Jack will be 2 years from being twice as old as your sister Jen. The sum of Jack's age and three times Jen's age is 66. How old is Jen?
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Question 214826: A father is three times as old as his son. In 14 years' time, he will be twice as old as his son. How old is the father now?
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Question 214917: A year ago Denise was 4 times as old as her brother Bryan. This year she is only 3 times as old as Bryan. How old were Denise and Bryan last year?
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Question 214858: The total of Xanthe's, Yarrow's, and Zeke's ages is 51. Five years from now Yarrow will be the same age as Zeke is now. Six years ago, Yarrow's age was half of Xanthe's age. How old is each now?
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Question 214927: Pam is 1/2 as old as her brother Bill. 8 years ago Bill was 10 times older than Pam. How old are they now?
Bill = x
Pam = x/2
Bill = x-8
Pam = x/2-8
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Question 214988: Jack is twice as old as Jill was, when Jack was as old as Jill is now. Together Jack and Jill are 28 years old. How old is Jack? How old is Jill?
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Question 215085: Roger's age is 1 1/3 times Steven's age. Eight years ago, Roger's age was twice Steven's age. Find Roger's age?
Amy is twice as old as Jenny. Five years ago, Amy was three times as old as Jenny. Find Jenny's age?
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Question 215266: Charles is 8 years older than three times Tom's age. When Charles's age is subtracted from Tom's age, the number obtained is Tom's age 14 years ago. How old is each?
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Question 215265: I would really appreciate anyone who would be willing to help me answer it!
Vivian is 5 years older than Carmen. When Vivian's age is doubled and then subtracted from four times Carmen's age, the result is Carmen's present age, increased by 10. How old is each?
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Question 215426: Bill is twice as old as his brother Dan. In 7 years, Bill will be only one and one-half times as old as Dan. How old is Bill now?

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Question 215438: True or False. John's father is 60. In 4 years John will be half his age. John is 32.
How did you come up with the answer?
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Question 215538: renato is three years younger than doming. six years ago, renato's age was two-thirds of domingo's age. what are thier present ages?
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Question 215545: The age of a dad in years is three times the sum of his two children's ages. In four years time the dad is going to be two times older than the sum of his children's ages. How old is the dad?
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Question 215631: My mum was 27 when I was born. 8 years ago she was twice as old as I shall be in 5 years time. How old am I now?
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Question 215895: Zelma is eighteen years older than her son. She was three times as old as he was one year ago. How old are they now?
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Question 215952: please help me in this problem.
Mark is two-thirds as old as Helen. In seven years, Mark will be three-fourths as old as Helen. How old are they now?
Thanks!
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Question 215999: Tom is half as old as Ellen was three years ago.
In 10 years, Ellen will be one-and-one-half times as old as Tom.
Would you please show me the formula to use? And the answer?
Thank you.
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Question 216705: a father seven years ago was eleven times as old as his daughter. now he is four times as old as she is. how old is he? the answer is 40 i just don't know how to acquire it.
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Question 216777: Mark is 10 years younger than Larry. Larry's age 8 years from now will exceed twice Mark's age 3 years ago by 4 years. Hold old is each now? Please help with step and answer.
thanks
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Question 217079: Two years ago a father was four times as old as his son. Three years from now the father will be only three times as old as the son. How old is each now?

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Question 217480: Terri asked her gradfather: How old are youn, grandpa? He said, I've lived a quarter of my life as a boy, a sixth of my life aas a young man, half of my life as a middle aged man, all those years I spent in my native country. Now you must add the past six years I've spent as a new immigrant. How old is Terri's grandfather?
1/4 + 1/6+ 1/12 =
3/12 + 2/12 + 6/12 = 11/12 + 6 ?????
I don't think I am on the right track. Please help
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Question 218146: Juan rides his bike from Lawrence to Salisbury beach (30 miles in 3 hours). He divides distance (miles) by time (hours) and sees that his overall average speed is 10mph. He buys 3 Power bars and eats them. How fast (mph) must he return so that his overall average speed for the round trip (60 miles) is 15mph?THE ANSWER IS NOT 20mph.

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Question 218652: 1..calculate the simple interest on a loan of $18.500 at 11% annual interest for 18months.
2..an amusement park purchased equipment from a manufacturer for a list price 42,000,minus trade discounts of 30/20/15. calculate the amount of trade discount on the purchase.
3...a retail jewler sells a pair of gold earrings for 213.90. the jewler uses a 130% markup based on cost. what was thw wholesale cost of the earrings.
4..what would be the amount of compound interest on $6,000 invested for two years at 9% compounded semiannually?
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Question 218792: If Rita is eight years old, is twice as old as her sister. How old will Rita be when she is one and a four times as old as her sister?

I tried solving this problem but I don't get the concept.
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Question 218793: A father is 32 years old and his daughter is 2 years old. He is now 16 times as old as his daughter. In how many years will he be only 4 times as old?
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Question 218883: Nick walked a total of 30 blocks in 5 days. Each day he walked 3 blocks more than the previous day. How many blocks did he walk on Day 1.
I think the answer is he did not walk any distance on day 1. Please explain the solution.
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Question 219151: Renea is 5 years older than Paula
Renea is 7 years older than Peter
Between all 3 there total age is 21
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Question 219319: How do I Find the LCM and the GCF for the set of ages.
Example:
Shirley 50
Troy 60
Nicki 10
50 =2x25 or 5x10
60 =6x10 or 2x30
10=2x5 or 10x1
I am not for sure if this is the way this is done What do the Least common multipler and the greatest common factor mean in this case. What is the prime factor.
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Question 218920: I am 37 and alex is 15.
write an equation which models how old in years you will be when you are 3 times as old as the youngest person?
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Question 219634: Matthew is 3 times as old as jenny. In 7 years, he will be twice as old as she will be then. How old is each now?

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Question 220122: My sister is half my age.
Next year she will be three times as old as I was thirteen years ago.
How old am I now?

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Question 220415:
mr c is twice as old as his son,in 42 years the ratio of their ages will be4:3 what is the sons age

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Question 220434: Ann is twice as old as Jim was two years ago. The difference in their present age is 7. Find both ages now.
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Question 221228: Harry's father is now twice as old as harry is. he was four times as old as Harry 16 years ago. How old are they now?
Please help me answer this usng one variable
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Question 221404: a girl is 3 years old and her brother is 3 times older than her. when she turns 7, how old will her brother be?
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