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Question 234276: Please help me solve this word problem:
John's present age is three-fourths of Sally's present age. In five years, John's age will be four-fifths of Sarah's age at that time. What are the present ages of John and Sally?
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Question 234331: a boy is twice as old as his brother , 4 year a ago he was 3 times as old as his brother. find thier present ages
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Question 234577: Two years ago a father was four times as old as his son. Three years from now the father will only be three times as old as his son. How old is each now?
** I've tried:
TWO YEARS AGO
Father = 4x - 2
Son = x - 2
I know the answer is {12, 42} But I still need to know how to execute the problem. I cant seem to come up with the right equation for "3 years from now", everything I tried ends up a negative number or just wrong.
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Question 234752: if john is twice as old as his son in 20 years the ratio of their ages will be 4:3 what is Johns sons current age?
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Question 234785: if a boy is 4years older than his sister and there combined age is the sum of 14 then how old is the boy? what is the girl age?
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Question 235127: Mary's sister is 7 years older than Mary.Their combined ages add up to 35. How old is Mary?
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Question 235582: Roland, Mark and Peter are 3 children in the same family. Peter is 3 times Marks age. In 2 years Peter will be twice the age Roland is at that time. Roland is 1 year older than Mark. How old are the children?
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Question 235944: A is 9 years younger than B,and 6 years older than C; three fourth's of A's age, four fifth's of B's and one half of C's amount with 37 years. find their ages
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Question 235938: In 17 years a father will be twice as old as his son, whose age at the present time is one third of his father's age. How old is the father now?
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Question 236101: My brother is 2 years old and I am 12 years old. In how many years will I be twice as old as my brother?
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Question 236833: A man is 20 yrs older than his son.In 10 yrs, he will be twice as old as his will be then be.How old is each?

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Question 236871: a man was 26 years old when his son was borned.now he is three times as ols as his son.how old is the son now
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Question 237498: If Sam is 26 years younger than his Dad, at what age will he be exactly half his Dad's age?
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Question 236806: A MAN IS 20 YEARS OLDER THAN HIS SON. IN 10 YEARS HE WILL BE TWICE AS OLD AS HIS SON WILL THEN BE, HOW OLD IS EACH?
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Question 238467: Twice Jim's age, added to Sally's age gives a total of 30. Jim's age 4 years from now will be the same as Sally's age 8 years ago. How old is each now?
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Question 238495: gloria is 4 times as old as theotis. three years ago, she was 7 times as old as he was. how old is each now?
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Question 238610: Tim is one-third the age of Jenny. Ellen is one-half the age of Jenny. The sum of their ages is 44, How old is Tim?
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Question 239345: A father is 3 times as old as his son, after 15 years, the father will be twice as old as his son at that time, therefore, the fathers current age is:
4, 8, 16, 32 or 64
How is this worked out please?
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Question 239839: The world's oldest bride was 19 years older than her groom. Together their combined ages totaled 185 years. How old were the bride and groom?
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Question 239790: 16. The sum of Father and son�s age is 60 years. Six years ago the age of fa-ther is twice the son �s age, then the current age of the father is?
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Question 240005: 1. Adam is 3 times as old as Cynthia and Fred is 16 yrs. younger than Adam. One year ago, Adam's age was twice the sum of Chyntia's & Fred's age. Find their present age.

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Question 240423: I am 48, my brother is 42. What is the equation which models how old, in years, I will be when I am 3 times as old as my younger brother.
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Question 240350: A man has 5 sons. Each son is 3 times older than the next younger. The oldest will be 3 times older than the next to younger in 3 years. How old is each son?
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Question 240593: My son is completely unclear how to solve this age problem.
4 years ago Tom was twice as old as John. 4 years from now, John will be 3/4 Tom's age. How old are they now?
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Question 240707: How do I write the equations for this problem?
Pam is 14 and her dad is 37. In how many years will Pam's dad be twice as old as she will be?
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Question 240776: How do I write this problem into an equation:
Sean is 20 and his brother is 12. How many years ago was Sean three times as old as his brother?
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Question 240702: How do I write out this problem to solve it.
Ellen is 11 years older than Maja. Last year Ellen was twice as old as Maja. How old is Maja now?
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Question 240778: How do I write this problem into an equation:
Alex and Alicia are twins. Kevin is 5 years older than the twins. Their ages total 53. How old are the twins?
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Question 241071: If Kurt were 10 years older, he would be twice as old as his sister, and their combined ages would be 36. What are the ages of Kurt and his sister?
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Question 241437: peggy is 4 and rose is 10
drowzerz: in how many yrs
will rose be twice as old as peggy?
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Question 241437: peggy is 4 and rose is 10
drowzerz: in how many yrs
will rose be twice as old as peggy?
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Question 241481: in 5 years you will be 3 X as old as you were 3 years ago. How old are you now?
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Question 240706: How do you write the equation for this problem?
Alex and Alicia are twins. Kevin is 5 years older than the twins. Their ages total 53. How old are the twins?
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Question 241039: brandon is 10 years older than brian. in 2 years Brandon will be 3 times as old as Brian. How old are they now?
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Question 241577: john is now 4 times as old as his brother sam. in 4 years, john will be twice as old as sam will be then. find their present ages.
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Question 241776: a man is 40 years old and his son is 8 years old. In how many years will the man be 3 times as old as his son will be then?
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Question 242017: Carbon dating: The amount of carbon-14 present in animal bones after t years is given by , a bone has lost 18% of it's carbon-14, How old are the bones?
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Question 242089: John's mother is five times as old as John. Five years from now she will be just three times as old.How old is john now?
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Question 242371: The three Gracia girls were born in consecutive years.The sum of their ages is more than 39 decreased by the age of the youngest.What is the least possible ages of the girls?
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Question 242516: I've tried charting this several different ways and I am stuck. Kaitlyn is 5 years older than Ethan. Ethan is 3 years younger than Shelby. Shelby is 2 years younger than Kaitlyn. The sum of all three ages is 7 less than 3 times the age of Kaitlyn. How old is Kaitlyn?
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Question 242570: A woman is 20 years more than the age of her daughter. In eleven years she will be 3 years less than twice her daughter's age, how old is each now?

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Question 242634: A MOTHER IS 21 YEARS OLDER THAN HER CHILD. IN EXACTLY 6 YEARS THE MOTHER WILL BE 5 TIMES AS OLD AS THE CILD. WHAT IS THE CHILD,S AGE?
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Question 242633: the sum of Ted and Mac's age is 58, 8 years ago,Ted is twice as old as Mac. How old is Mac?

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