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Question 221768: James is three times as old his oldest son. Five years ago, he was four times as old as his son. What is James present age?
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Question 221768: James is three times as old his oldest son. Five years ago, he was four times as old as his son. What is James present age?
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Question 221827: jellyfish are about 19 water. if you have a 300 lb jellyfish( and yes, some do
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20
grow to be that big!) what is the weight of the water it contains?(show your work, but you do not need a 5 step solution.)
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Question 221517: jim is seven years older than janice. the sum of there wages is 41. how old is each person
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Question 222137: The average ago of the starting line-up on an NBA basketball team is 25 years. If four of the five players are 21,23,24, and 31 years old, find the age of the fifth player.
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Question 222583: Carl is twice as old as Rita. Meg is 5 years older than Carl. If the combined age is 155, how old is Meg?
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Question 222623: Caridad is 6 years older than her sister. Four years ago she was 4 times as old as her sister. How old is Caridad now?
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Question 222798: The Grand Vizier of the Kingdom is being blackmailed by numerous individuals and is having a very difficult time keeping his blackmailers from going public. He has been keeping them at bay with two kinds of payoff: gold bars from the Royal Treasury and political favors through bitter experience he has learned that each payoff in gold gives him peace for an average of about 1 month whereas each political favor seems to earn him about 1 months of reprieve. to maintain his flawless reputations in the Court, he feels he cannot afford any revelations about his tainted past to come to light within the next year. thus, it is imperative that his blackmailers be kept at bay for 12 months. Furthermore, he would like to keep the number of gold payoffs because the outward flow of golf bars might arouse suspicion on the part of the Royal Treasurer. The Grand Vizier feels that he can do no more than seven political favors each year without arousing undue suspicion in the Court. The gold payoffs tend to deplete his travel budget. He estimates that each gold bar removed from the treasury will cost him four trips. On the other hand, since the administering of political favors tends to cost him valuable travel time, he suspects that each political favor will cost him about two trips. Now, he would obviously like to keep his blackmailers silenced and lose a few trips as possible. What is he to do?
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Question 222991: Kimberly is twice as old as Ryan. In 4 years, she will be 7 years older than Ryan. How old is Kimberly now?

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Question 223970: John is twice as old as his son. In 42 years, the ratio of their age will be 4:3. what is the son's current age?
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Question 224042: Aman is four times the age of his son, the sum of both ages is 50. What is the age of the son?
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Question 224030: A man is four times the age of his son and the sumof their age is 50. What is the ageof the son?
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Question 224066: Tom rides the bus part of the way to school and then he walks the rest of the way. He walks 5 mins longer than he rides. The whole trip takes 27 mins. for how many mins does he walk?
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Question 224084: Mr. Mustad said: Eight less than three times my age is 100" How old is Mr. Mustard?

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Question 224084: Mr. Mustad said: Eight less than three times my age is 100" How old is Mr. Mustard?

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Question 224174: Paul is 12. His father is 33. How many years ago was the father 4 times as old as the son?
A father is 4 times as old as his daughter is now. In 20 years he will be only twice as old as his daughter. How old are the father and the daughter now?
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Question 224299: 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?
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Question 224465: Mr. Escalate said "five less than one forth of my age is 12 how old am I?"
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Question 224466: kim is 1/3 the age of her older sister sue. in 13 years, sue will be one year younger than twice kim's age. how old is sue?
Please help me. Thanks!
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Question 224717: karen is three times as old as she was eight years ago.how old is she now?
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Question 224876: Kimberly is twice as old as Ryan. In 4 years, she will be 7 years older than Ryan. How old is Kimberly now?
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Question 224875: Kimberly is twice as old as Ryan. In 4 years, she will be 7 years older than Ryan. How old is Kimberly now?
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Question 225315: a father is 3 times as old as his son. 15 years ago, the father was 9 times as old as his son was then. Find thier present ages.
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Question 1: A father's age is thirteen times that of his son. In 10 years, the son's age will be one-third of his father's. How old are the father and son?
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Question 226272: If Kevin is 5 years older than Bob and in 3 years time he will be twice his age.
How old is Kevin and Bob now?
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Question 226296: I know this is D=rt, I have trouble setting up the problem. Tnank you for your help.
Chuck drove a distance of 1343 miles. part of the way he drove at 60 mph and part of the way he drove at 70 mph. If he drove for 0.5 hour more at 60 mph than he did at 70 mph, determine the time Chuck drove at 60 mph.
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Question 226576: KAREN IS THREE TIMES AS OLD AS AS SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS AG. HOW OLD IS SHE NOW?
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Question 226580: KAREN IS THREE TIMES AS OLD AS AS SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO. HOW OLD IS SHE NOW?
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Question 227010: what are the steps to solve age related problems?

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Question 227094: John's age is 2 years, less than three times Paul his son,s age. His son Mark is
15 years older than Paul. The sum of their ages is 103. Find the ages of John and histwo sons.
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Question 227184: Ann, Barb and Cathy are all younger than 100. The sum of any two of their ages is the reverse of the digits of the remaining person's age. What are their ages?
I was doing o.k. until I hit the reverse digits line:(
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Question 227679: Five years ago, Tom was one third as old as his father was then. In 5 years, Tom will be half as old as his father will be then. Find their ages now.
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Question 227678: Four years ago, Katie was twice as old as Anne was then. In 6 years, Anne will be the same age that Katie is now. How old is each?
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Question 227678: Four years ago, Katie was twice as old as Anne was then. In 6 years, Anne will be the same age that Katie is now. How old is each?
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Question 227765: Five years ago. Jhons age was half of the age he will be in 8 years. How old is he now?

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Question 227833: John's father is 5 times older than John and John is twice as old as his sister Alice. In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is John now?
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Question 227943: A mother,aged thirty,has a seven-year-old son.in how many years,will she be twice as old as he?
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Question 227940: Melissa's cat is five years younger than she is. In two years,Melissa will be twice as old as her cat.How old are they now?
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Question 227975: Pam is half as old as her brother Bill. Six year ago Bill was four times older than Pam. How old is each now?
Here�s what we did:
2P=B
B-6=4P
But, in solving this, we get
B=4P+6
2P=4P+6
-2P=6, P=-3 which isn�t right
Where are we going wrong?

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Question 228466: linda drove 196 miles from Dayton to cleveland area in 3 1/2 hours. what was linda's average speed?
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Question 228466: linda drove 196 miles from Dayton to cleveland area in 3 1/2 hours. what was linda's average speed?
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Question 228707: Please Help Me With This Word Problem.
Mike Is 5 Years Older Than Hos Sister Lisa. Aaron Is Twice As Old As Lisa. The Sum Of Their Three Ages Is 45. How Old Is Lisa?
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Question 228831: Nancy is 4 times as old as her sister, Fran. 3 years ago, the sum of their ages was 4 years total. How old was Fran 3 years ago? What does that mean, technically? Please provide a chart! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
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Question 228834: George is six times as old as Georgette. Two years ago, the sum of their ages was 31 years. How old was George 2 years ago. Please provide a chart in the beginning of the problem. THANKS!!!!!!
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