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Question 1094558: Abbie is 5 years older than Cathy, bhavana is twice as old as Abbie, the total of their age is less than 30. What is bhavna's greatest possible age? Thank you
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Question 1094534: There are deer and peacock in a zoo, by counting their heads they are 80,the number of their legs is 2oo, how many peacocks are there
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Question 1094537: 3 pumps working 8 hours a day can empty a tank in 2hours,how many hours in a day must 4 pumps work to empty the tank
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Question 1094536: 12 years old Ryan is three times as old as his brother Jeffrey,how old Will Ryan be when he is twice as old as his brother Jeffrey
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Question 1094602: Ed is twice as old as his brother Tim and the sum of their ages is 24 years old. How old is each.
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Question 1094634: My son is 13 years old and I am 49 years old. What fraction is my son's age to mine?
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Question 1094628: Mary is twice the sum of Sally's age and 2 years. If Mary is 12, how old is Sally?
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Question 1094638: The sum of Bob and Carol's age now is 100. Sixteen years ago, Bob was three times as old as
Carol. How old was Bob when Carol was born?
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Question 1094705: A reasearch team estimates that 30% of their questionnaires will not be returned. How many questionnaires should they mail out in order to be reasonably certain that at least 750 will be returned?
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Question 1094723: Ben is three times as old as carl now. In two years time ben will be twice as old as carl how old is carl now?

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Question 1094745: Ben is eight years older than Sarah. 10 Year�s ago, Ben is twice as old as Sarah. Currently, how old is Ben and Sarah?
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Question 1094745: Ben is eight years older than Sarah. 10 Year�s ago, Ben is twice as old as Sarah. Currently, how old is Ben and Sarah?
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Question 1094783: The sum of the ages of two sisters is 12 years,with the elder sister twice as old as the younger. How old is each sister?
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Question 1094801: Caroline's age is 3 times her daughter's. In eight years, the sum of their ages will be 72. How old are they now?

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Question 1094796: Helen is 6 times as old as Millie
In 32 years from now she will be twice as old as Millie
What are their current ages
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Question 1094841: if brother's age is twice age of his sister and sum of their ages are 36 what is age of sister?

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Question 1094832: I am having trouble coming up with equation expression for this problem, lol... It's doing my head in! Help! (I am assuming 'he' in second statement refers to "Mike's father" and not Mike)
Mike's father is 8 times as old as Mike. Two years ago he was at most 10 times as old as Luke was. At least how old is Luke?
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Question 1094879: Angie has 2 twin brothers, John and James. John says to her, �I am 3 times your age, Angie, plus 1 year,� and James says to her, �I am four times your age minus 3 years.� Using x to represent her age, how old is Angie? How old are her brothers? Show your work.
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Question 1094892: An aunt is 27 years older than her nephew. In 6 years, the aunt will be 10 less than 3 times her nephew�s age. Write the system of equations to represent that problem. Without solving the system, interpret what the solution will mean in the context of the problem.
Thank you so much!
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Question 1094913: Michael is 5 years old than Carlo. Two years ago, the sum of their ages was 35. What are their present ages?

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Question 1094913: Michael is 5 years old than Carlo. Two years ago, the sum of their ages was 35. What are their present ages?

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Question 1094915: a girl is currently 5 years older than her younger brother and 3 years younger than her older brother. 2 years from the current time, the product of the ages of the brothers will be 12 times the age of the girl. what is the current age of the oldest brother

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Question 1094936: the sum of Greg's age and Sarah's age is 42. Greg's age 20 years from now will be twice what Sarah's age was 14 years ago. What are their ages now?
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Question 1094935: the sum on gregs age and sarahs age is 42. gregs age 20 years from now will be twice what sarahs age was 14 years ago
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Question 1094940: Three years ago my brother was twice as old as my sister. Now he is 12 years older than she is. How old is my sister now?
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Question 1094940: Three years ago my brother was twice as old as my sister. Now he is 12 years older than she is. How old is my sister now?
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Question 1095015: Maria is four times older than Marty. The sum of their age is 55 years. How old are they?
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Question 1095083: Alice is 6 years older than Lois. In two years Alice will be twice as old as Lois. How old are they now?
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Question 1095127: A father can do a job in 3 days,and his son can do the same job for 5 days.How long will it take them to finish the job if they work together?
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Question 1095136: The sum of the age of their and after is 54 years if 20 years of age is subtracted from twice of after age, the result is 6 years. Find the age of each.
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Question 1095170: Matt is 38 years younger than Carrie. 9 years ago, Carrie's age was 3 times Matt's age. How old is Matt now?

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Question 1095164: Kevin is two times as old as Bob. Two years ago the sum of their ages was 17. How old is each now?
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Question 1095137: The sum of the age of their and after is 54 years if 20 age is subtracted from twice of after age, the result is 6 years. Find the age of each.
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Question 1095126: A man is three times as old as his son. Four years ago,he was four times as old as his son was at the time.How old is the son?
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Question 1095188: Brian is three times as old as Jrodan. maggie is five years older than Jordan. If the sum of their ages is 100, how old are Brian, Jordan, and Maggie
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Question 1095203: Maria is 3 years older than her sister. If her sister is s years old, then which expression tell how old Maria is?
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Question 1095287: The sum of age of matt and Sam is 29,sam and Ben 26,ben and Matt 31,how old is the youngest?
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Question 1095287: The sum of age of matt and Sam is 29,sam and Ben 26,ben and Matt 31,how old is the youngest?
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Question 1095287: The sum of age of matt and Sam is 29,sam and Ben 26,ben and Matt 31,how old is the youngest?
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