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Question 1123880: A triangle with a base 8cm and height 9cm has an area equal to the area of a square. what is the measure of each side of the square?
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Question 1123882: Write a linear system for the situation
Jim is three times as old as Alison. Two years ago, the sum of their ages was 16
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Question 1123879: Bill is A yr old. Write an expression for his daughters age if bills daughter is 37 yr younger than he is.
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Question 1123971: Jonas is twice as old as mike. Four years ago,he was thrice as old as mike. How old is mike now? Answer and solution
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Question 1124014: I have 5 more brothers than sisters, and each of my brothers also has five more brothers than sisters. If my family has 10 children how many of the children are girls?
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Question 1124041: randy is four times as old as Kenneth. if randy is 36 years older than Kenneth.
I.how old is Kenneth
ii. how old is randy
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Question 1124068: The sum of the ages of Petra and her mother is 48. Her mother is 9 years more than twice as old as Petra. How old are Petra and her mother?
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Question 1124062: if jam q year while ismail p year old the sum of their age is equal to twice the difference of the age the product their age 75 find q and p
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Question 1124086: William is 1/6 as old as his father but 5 years older than his sister Mary. If the sum of all their ages is 51, how old is William

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Question 1124086: William is 1/6 as old as his father but 5 years older than his sister Mary. If the sum of all their ages is 51, how old is William

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Question 1124108: Bob and Fran have been married for 47 years. They have 3 children, 2 sons and 1
daughter, all ages being within 5 years of each other. Their 2 sons have 5
children between them. One son has 2 children. Their daughter has 3 children and
1 grandchild. If the son with 2 children had a grandchild, how many great-
grandchildren would Bob and Fran have?
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Question 1124107: Michael and Tom are brothers. Their combined age is 20, and Tom is 4 years older than Michael. What are Michael and Tom's ages?
The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 2200 people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. How many children and how many adults attended?
The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 7. When the digits are reversed, the number is increased by 27. Find the number.
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Question 1124118: Shirley�s mother is four times as old as Shirley is now. 10 years ago is Shirley�s mother was one more than three times Shirley�s age now.
Isnt this: 4x-10+1=3x??
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Question 1124120: if olu and Segun were given #2250.00. if Segun takes twice of olu's share. How much does olu take?
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Question 1124116: Luke is 5 years younger than 3 times Sydney�s age, s. In this situation, what does 3s represent?
Luke�s age
Sydney�s age
three times Luke�s age
three times Sydney�s age
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Question 1124146: In 9 years Judith will be four times as old as she is now. How old will she be then?
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Question 1124126: John Is 4 times as old as Martha. Five years ago the sum of their ages was 50. How old are they now
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Question 1124150: Chad has a total of 5 people in his family sally is chad�s twin sister chad�s sister Haley is 4 years older than him his mother was 24 when chad was born chadś father is 3 years older than his mother. Determine Haley age?
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Question 1124163: The sum of Pete's and Sam's ages is 30. Five years ago, Pete was 3 times as old as Sam. How old is Sam?
Let P = Pete's age, S = Sam's age, and P + S = 30. Which of the following equations would complete the system?
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Question 1124241: Maria is 3 more than twice David�s age. Their sum age is 63
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Question 278015: 5. The ages of Peter, Margaret and Jack are consecutive odd numbers. The sum of the ages of Peter and Margaret equals Jack�s age before 5 years. Find the ages of Peter, Margret and jack
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Question 1124289: george has $50000 inheritance that he wants to split between two investments. One will yield 11% and the other will yield 4%. How much should he invest in each so that he earns $2140 after one year?
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Question 1124298: In 6 years, Nina�s age will be double what it was 6 years ago. Find Nina�s present age.
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Question 1124300: A mother is 40 years old and her daughter is 10 years old. In how many years will the mother be three times that of her daughter?
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Question 1124251: One number is four less than four times a number. If their sum is increased by six, the result is thirty two. Find the numbers

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Question 1124306: Bettina�s age is three times Melvina�s. If 20 is added to Melvina�s age and 20 subtracted from bettina�s, their ages will be equal. How old is each now?
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Question 1124384: Cheryl is eleven more than three times as old as Brad. In 7 years the sum of their ages will be 81. How old is Cheryl ?

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Question 1124395: Carly is five years older than dan. In 4 years the sum of their ages will be 63. Find the age of each man now
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Question 1124447: The sum of the ages of the woman and her daughter is 38 years. How old is the woman now, if the woman will be tripple her daughter age in 9 years.
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Question 1124446: max is four years younger than his sister Brenda. the total of their ages is 16. Write and solve an equation to find their ages.

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Question 1124479: Aaron is 5 years older than Ryan. The sum of their ages is 27. How old are Aaron and Ryan?
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Question 1124488: Fred has two older brothers, Tom and George. Tom is three years older than Fred, but George is twice as old as Tom.
If F=Fred's age, which expression gives George's age?

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Question 1124502: The average age of three girls is seventeen years four months. The average age of two of them is seventeen years three months. How old is the third girl?
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Question 1124566: The average age of three girls is seventeen years four months. The average age of two of them is seventeen years three months. How old is the third girl?
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Question 1124592: Happy is four times as old as Grumpy. The sum of their age is 100. How old are Happy and Grumpy?

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Question 1124638: Zahid is 4 times as old as his brother. If 6 years later the difference in their ages will be 15 years. What is Zahid's age today?
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Question 1124682: John is one year less than three times as old as Ann. the sum of their ages is 79. What are their ages?
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Question 1124685: Ariel is 2 years older than twice Juan's age. Felix is 6 years older than Juan. If the sum of their ages is 80, how old is each person?
A+J+F=80
A= 2J+2
F= J+6
Is this set up correct? How do I find their ages at this point?

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Question 1124730: Erica is 7 years older than Allen. In 5 years' time Erica will be twice as old as Allen. how old is Erica
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Question 1124814: Four kids took a math test and gathered an average of a 75. Jenny had a score 10 more than Alex and 25 more than Nick. Lynn had a score of 86 and was the highest score out of the four. What is Jenny's score?

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