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Question 25682: if i am 2 yaers old my sister is 8 years old now my father is 34 years old what age i m after my daddy 89 birthday
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Question 12731: Rian is 4 years older than Christian. Twelve years ago Rian was two times as old as Christian. Find their present ages.

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Question 25688: Help Please
Here is my question: The four oldest people in golden City have lived a total of 384 years put together. The difference in ages for the youngest and the second oldest is 14. The second youngest is 3 years older than the youngest. the oldest is 20 years older than the average of the second oldest and youngest. What are their ages?
I keep coming up with 68 years as the youngest but it doesn't work into the problem - Where am I going wrong? Please help - daddy's daughter
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Question 25794: The sum of Nora's age and her grandmother's age is 71. Four times Nora's age is 6 less than her grandmother's age. Find their ages. I've tried:
N=Nora g=grandmother
N+g=71
4N=g-6
?
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
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Question 25889: Please answer the following question:
The sum of their ages is 20. How old is RiRicardo is 4 years less than twice as old as his sister.cardo? Thanks a million!
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Question 26020: Mary's age is seven-tenths of Mark's age. In 4 years Mary's age will be eight-elevenths of Mark's age. How old is Mark now?
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Question 26044: I COULD REALLY USE YOUR HELP!!
Here is my question: Jennifer is 6 years older than Sue. In 4 years, she will be twice as old as Sue was 5 years ago. Find their ages now. I've tried:
J=Jennifer S=Sue
J=S+6
J+4=2S-5
(subsituted the J in eq.1) S+6+4=2S-5
s+10=2S-5
?
I Know I'm Doing Somethin Wrong! PLEASE HELP!!
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Question 26237: what is a algebraic expression?
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Question 26285: as Half of the world's oldest marrying couple the woman was 2yr younger than the man. Together their ages totaled 185yr. How old was the wife and groom
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Question 26846: Jan is twice as old as Phyllis. In ten years Jan will be three times as old as Phyllis. How old are both Jan and Phyllis now?
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Question 26872: HELP!
Latoya is twice as old as her cousin was 3 years ago. If the sum of their ages now is 15, how old is each one of them?
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Question 26872: HELP!
Latoya is twice as old as her cousin was 3 years ago. If the sum of their ages now is 15, how old is each one of them?
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Question 27070: Judy is 3 times as old as Phyillis. In 10 years, Judy will be twice as old as Phyllis. Find their present age?
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Question 27161: Eleven years ago Lynn was four times as old as her brother. In one year she will
be twice as old as he is now. What are their ages now?
How do I write the formula?
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Question 27158: the sum of scotts age and his mothers age is 45. in 5 years time, three times scotts age less 9 will be the same as his mothers age. find the present ages of scott and his other.
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Question 27292: The sum of the ages of Billy and Joe is 25. Triple Billy's age plus 7 times Joe's age is 99 years. Find their ages.
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Question 27685: The sum of 3 times Gary's age and 5 times Tom's age is 150. Tom is 9 years less than twice as old as Gary is. How old is Tom?

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Question 27682:
Mrs. Jones is three times as old as her son. Ten years ago, she was 5 times as old as her son was then. How old is her son?
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Question 27799: Ben is three times as old as his sister was two years ago. In 1 year from now Ben will be one less than twice his sister's age. How old are they now?
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Question 27880: ELEVEN YEARS AGO HYE WAS FOUR TIMES AS OLD AS HER BROTHER. IN 1 YEAR SHE WILL BE TWICE AS OLD AS HE IS NOW. WHAT ARE THEIR AGES?
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Question 27880: ELEVEN YEARS AGO HYE WAS FOUR TIMES AS OLD AS HER BROTHER. IN 1 YEAR SHE WILL BE TWICE AS OLD AS HE IS NOW. WHAT ARE THEIR AGES?
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Question 28033: Ann is six years more than four times her son Trevor's age. If the sum of
their ages is forty-six, how old is Ann?

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Question 28150: If heidi's current age in years is multiplied by five and two years is subtracted from the answer the result is equal to her dad's age. In 8 years time the ages will be as such that heidi's dad will be three times as old as heidi. How old is heidi now?
i tried
x X 5 - 2 = Dads age
then i was thinking
x X 5 - 2 = 3(x X5 -2 )
I am stuck
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Question 28149: Bill is 29 yrs older than his daughter Rebecca. In 15 years time their ages will be as such that Bill will be twice as old as rebecca. How old is Bill now?( Let bill's age be x years)
I tried
x + 15 = 3 ( x - 29 )

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Question 28619: The sum of Rex's age and his son, Rodney's age is 50. Five years ago Rex was three times as old as Rodney. What are their ages now?

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Question 28705: 1.Two years ago, Greg was 3 times as old as his brother. In four years, he will be only twice his brother's age. How old are they now?
2.Four years ago, Boyet was two years more than thrice as old as Bong. In another four years, Boyet will be two two years more than twice as old as Bong. How old is Boyet/
3.In five years, Yolly will be three years more than twice as old as her son. Five years ago, she was two years less than five times as old as her son. How old is Yolly?
4. The age of Diophantus, the father of algebra may be calculated from what is carved on his tombstone. It goes: "Diophantus youth lasted 1/6 of his life. He grew a beard after 1/12 more. After 1/7 more of his life, Diophantus married. Five years later, he had a son. The son lived exactly 1/2 as long as his father, and Diophantus died just after four years after his son. All of these add up to the years Diophantus lived." How old was Diophantus when he died?
5. When Ramon was 12 years old, his father was 40. How many years must pass for Ramon to be 8 years older than one-fourth as old as his father?

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Question 28702: i need help with this problems.
1. rose is 6 years older than her sister cora. in four years, she will be nine years more than one-half as old as cora. how old are the girls now?
2. rolly is 9 years younger than greg. in seven years, he will be two years more than one-half as old as greg. find their present ages.
3. a mother is 20 years older than her daughter. five years from now, she will be thrice as old as her daughter will then be. how old is the daughter?
4. a mother is twice as old as her daughter. eight years from now, she will be twenty years older than her daughter will then be. how old is the mother now?
5. edwin is twice as old as ruel. in three years, edwin will be 13 years less than twice as old as jill. find their present ages.
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Question 28704: 1. when gary and rowena were married, rowena was two years younger than gary. how old was gary on his wedding day if sisteen years before his wedding he was twice as old as rowena was then?
2.rex is 30 years younger than his father. His mother is three times as old as her son. Find Rex's age if his father is two years older than his mother.
3.Jason is now three times as old as Helston. Three years from now, Jason will be six times as old as Helston one year ago. Find their present ages.
4.Ten years from now, Michael will be twice his age ten years ago. How old is michael now?
5.Raymond is 6 years older than his sister. Four years from now, Raymond will be twice as old as his sister. Find their present ages.
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Question 29328: A wife and husband, Linda and Mark, have ages that total 80 years. Two years ago, 2 times Mark's age was 2 years more than 3 times Linda's age. How old is each now?
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Question 29327: A wife and husband, Linda and Mark, have ages that total 80 years. Two years ago, 2 times Mark's age was 2 years more than 3 times Linda's age. How old is each now?
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Question 29343: In two years my Cousin Marty will be twice as old as he was five years ago. How old is Marty?
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Question 29965: ok please help this one is hard,
The difference in the age of two girls is 1 year. The sum of their ages is 27. What are their ages?
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Question 29968: ok please help me,
aead is 5 years older than Jen. Four times Jen's age increased by 3 years equals three times Ed's age diminished by 2 years. Find each person's age.
ed?
Jen?
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Question 29980: ok please please help me on this one my brain is about to burst
Mr. Williams is three times as old as his son. Twelve years from now, he will be only twice as old as his son. What are their ages now? In 12 years?
Mr Williams now?
son now?
Mr. Williams in 12 years?
son in 12 years?
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Question 30008: tutors will you please help me with this problem I can't figure it out and this is my last one,
Two years ago,Kelli was three times as old as Tif was then. In 5 years Kelli will be only twice as old as Tif. How old is each now?In 5 years? and 2 years ago?
Kelli now-
Tif now-
Kelli in 5 years-
Tif in 5 years-
Kelli 2 years ago?
Tif 2 years ago?
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Question 30059: A man and his brother have a combined age of 92 years. 26 years ago, the man was 9 times as old as his brother. How old is the man? How old is the brother
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Question 30139: ok I have major homework and this math is really hard so will u please help me,
Steven is 14 years old. His mom is 38. How many years ago was the mom exactly 5 times as old as Steve?
number of years?
Steven then?
mom then?
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Question 30155: please help me with this question,
Tina is 12 years old. Her mom is 40. How many years ago was the mom exactly 5 times as old as Tina?
Number of years?
Tina Then?
Mom then?
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Question 30279: please help me with this problem,Doe is five years older than Ron. In nine years four times Doe's age will equal five times Ron's age. How old is each now? How old will each be in nine years?
Doe now?-
Ron now-
DAVE IN 9-
Ron in nine?

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Question 30284: will a tutor please help me,
Lin is now 10 years old. Her dad is 3 times as old In how many years will her dad be twice as old as Lin?How old will each be then?
years later-
Dad then-
Lin then-
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Question 30285: please help me with this last problem,
Val's mom is 28 years older than she is. In 15 years three times Val's age increased by her mom's age then, will equal 168 years. How old is each now? In 15 years?
Val now-
Mom now-
Val in 15-
Mom in 15-
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