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Question 1067932: In reality, on an average 175 of those pitchers are left handed. What do you think that statistics say about being left handed as a baseball pitcher and why?
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Question 1070664: mary is 5 times as old as her daughter, and. three years ago she was 9 times as old as ann. How old is mary

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Question 1060690: Sam's age is 4 years more than twice the age of Dave The sum of their ages is 46. What are their ages?

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Question 1060690: Sam's age is 4 years more than twice the age of Dave The sum of their ages is 46. What are their ages?

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Question 1060690: Sam's age is 4 years more than twice the age of Dave The sum of their ages is 46. What are their ages?

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Question 1128362: Hi!
I have this age problem that is really complicated. I looked at some previous lessons and wasn't able to find an example that helped. Here it is:
The age of Diophantus, a brilliant Greek mathematician of about 250 A.D., may be calculated from an epitaph which reads as follows: Diophantus passed one sixth of his life in childhood, one twelfth in youth, and one seventh more as a bachelor; five years after his marriage was born a son who died four years before his father at half his father's final age.
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Question 1053138: Alice is 3 years older than bob. In 7 years, twice her age will be 3 less than 3 times his age. find their ages now
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Question 1024943: Maggie is four times as old as her cousin Sam. In five years she will be six years less than three times his age. How old is Sam now?
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Question 1128438: Taylor is 2/3 as old is her cousin the sum of their ages is 45 how old are Taylor and her cousin
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Question 1128446: Jake dad is 6 more than 3 times jakes age. The sum of their ages is 42. Find their ages
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Question 1128459: john age is 2 years more than twice Mai's age and the sum of their age is 32 years. How old is each?
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Question 1128502: Wendy is 38 years old and his sister is 24 years old.
(a)How many years ago was Wendy three times as old as his sister?
(b)How old was Wendy then?
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Question 1051425: Tom is 5 less than twice Mary's age and Jennifer is one more than three times Mary's age. The sum of their ages is 44. What is the age of each

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Question 1128548: Alex will be x years old in 3 years. How old is he now?
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Question 1128552: Michael is three times as old as Margaret, and in 6 years he will be twice as old as her. How old was Michael when Margaret was born?
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Question 1128562: jude is y years old. in 18 years she will be 3 times as old as she was 2 years ago
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Question 1128561: Judy is y years old. In 18 years she will be 3 times as old as she was 2 years ago.

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Question 1020476: three years ago john was three times as old as bob. in four years, john will be 2 times as old as bob
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Question 1016299: Sarah is 7 years younger than Joe, and her age is at most 12 years. Write and solve a subtraction inequality to determine Joe's age.
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Question 1029084: When i was ten i was ten x as old as say my neice, when i was twenty, she was ten therefore i was only twice as old as she. When I was thirty i was only 2/3 older than she. You see where i am going.
At what point given a maximum life expectation of 100, would she be mathematically closest to me.
cheers H
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Question 1022936: Granny has 10 grandchildren. Alice is the eldest. One day, Granny noticed that her grandchildren all have different ages. if the sum of her grandchildren ages is 180. what is the youngest Alice could be?....
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Question 1014304: Mr Jones is now 28 years older than Robbie. Nine years ago he was five times as old as Robbie was then. How old is each?
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Question 1027100: Lori is 4 years younger than her sister Debbie. The sum of their ages is 62. How old is Debbie?
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Question 1128747: Anthony's age 10 years ago can be expressed as:
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Question 1128829: The sum of David's and Jim's ages is now 65. When David is as old as Jim is now, twice Jim's age minus David's age at that time will be 110. How old is David now?
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Question 1128892: Tina was three times younger than Helen in 2006. In 2012 Helen will be 42. How old will Tina be in 2012?
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Question 1128891: Melissa's brother is 6 years less than twice her age. The sum of her age and her brother's age is 27. Which equation best shows this information?

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Question 1128904: In twenty years, Joseph will be four times older than he is today. What is his current age?
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Question 1128904: In twenty years, Joseph will be four times older than he is today. What is his current age?
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Question 1128903: Five years ago, John's age was half of the age he will be in eight years. How old is he now?
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Question 1128906: George is 8 years older than Harry. 14 years ago, George was twice as old as Harry. What is Harry's present age?
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Question 1128906: George is 8 years older than Harry. 14 years ago, George was twice as old as Harry. What is Harry's present age?
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Question 1128905: John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is five years older than Alice. In five years, John will be three times as old as Alice. How old is Peter now?
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Question 1129030: A girl was born 35 years after her mother.what fraction of her mothers age will the girl be at age 15.
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Question 1129039: A man is 20years older than his son and the ratio of the ages is 3:8. How old is the son?
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Question 1129072: Sam is 5 years younger than 3 times Toms age. If Sam is 28,how old is tom
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Question 1030914: An infectious strain of bacteria increases in number at a relative growth rate of 200% per hour.
When a certain critical number of bacteria are present in the bloodstream, a person becomes ill.
If a single bacterium infects a person, the critical level is reached in 24 hours. How long will it
ake for the critical level to be reached if the same person is infected with 10 bacteria?

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Question 1129240: Kiaria is 7 years older than Jay.
Martha is twice as old as Kiaria.
The sum of their three ages is 77.
Find the ratio of Jay's age to Kiaria's age to martha's age.

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Question 1129282: Abigail is three times as old as Ryan. In 6 years time Abigail will be 42. How old will Ryan be in two years?
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