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Question 242785: paddy is three times as old as Siobhana. Seven years ago, he was five times as old as Sibohana.How old is Paddy now?
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Question 242852: Genny is 14 years old. Her mother is 38. How many years ago was the mother exactly 5 times as old as Genny?
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Question 242899: Sally is 4 years older than Tim. Together, the sum of their ages is 20. How old is each?

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Question 242629: A father is five years more than four times his son`s age, in five years he will be three times his son`s age then. Find their ages?
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Question 242577: two more than twice billys age is 50. How old is billy?

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Question 242932: Kathy is twice as old as Lisa. Three years from now, the sum of their ages will be 42. How old is Kathy?
I would like it if you showed my step, by step how did you do it, I got the answer 24 myself but I'm not completely sure how it did it
X = Kathy's age, 42/2 +3, and then i got 24...
but somehow, your suppose to write it like this: equation=42
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Question 242951: in four years time, a father will be three times as old as his son. six years ago he was seven times as old as his son. how old are they now ?
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Question 243133: The quotient of the ages of a mother and her daughter is 2 and a remainder of 5. Five years ago, mother was thrice as old as the daughter then. How old are they now?
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Question 243305: Amy has the same number of sisters as brothers. Her brother Jason has twice as many sisters as brothers. How many children are in the family?
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Question 243136: Diopanthes (born 250 A.D.)passed a sixth of his life in childhood, a twelfth in adolescence, and a seventh more as a bachelor; five years later, he got married, a son was born to him and died four years before Diopanthes at one-half his father's final age. What is his age from birth till Death ?
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Question 243329: Al is 5 times as old as Tim. In 5 years, Al will be 4 times as old as Tim. How old will Tim be in 5 years?

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Question 243811: Ten years from now you will be three times your present age how old are you? you dont know your present age.
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Question 244005: If I add four times my age four years from now to five times my age five years from now, I get ten times my current age. How old will I be five years from now?
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Question 244500: a man is 30 years old and his son is 4 years old,after how many years will the man be twice as old as his son?
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Question 244500: a man is 30 years old and his son is 4 years old,after how many years will the man be twice as old as his son?
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Question 244861: Five years ago a girl was one-half as old as her brother was then,and now she is three years younger than he is.Find their present ages.
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Question 244884: A family has three daughters. The product of the daughters' ages is 200. The oldest daughter is twice the age of the middle daughter. What is the sum of their ages?
(A) 18 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 27 (E) 31
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Question 244878: 10 years ago a father is 8times his son now the sum of their ages is 56 what are their present ages now?
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Question 244863: A tank can be filled by one pipe in four hours and by a second pipe in six hours;and when it is full,the tank can be drained by a third pipe in three hours.If the tank is empty and all three pipes are open,in how many hours will the tank be filled?
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Question 239128: two trains head in the same direction on parallel tracks, but train e is 30 km in front of train f. If train e averages 42km/h and train f averages 60 km/h, how long will it take for the faster train to catch up with the slower
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Question 244899: Diophantus spent 1/6 of his life in childhood, 1/12 as a youth, and 1/7 more as a bachelor. 5 years after his marriage was born a son who died 4 years before his father at 1/2 the age at which his father died. How old was Diophantus when he died?

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Question 245479: A girl is now one-fourth as old as her father, and in seven years, she will be one-half as old as her father was twelve years ago. What are her and her father's present ages?
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Question 245426: Ed is 1/5 as old as laura. In 6 years, ed's age will be 3 years more than 1/4 of laura's age. How old are ed and laura now?
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Question 245368:
A sister while growing up was 5 times her brothers age, then she was 4 times, then 3 times, now she is 2 times his age��

How old are the brother and sister now??????????????
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Question 245741: my father is 4 times older then me. in 20 years he will be only twice as old as me, how old am i and my father. what is the mathmatic problem and the steps to solve it
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Question 245764: A is twice as old as B,three years ago,A was three times as old as B,how old is A now?
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Question 245670: 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 now?
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Question 245929: The difference between two numbers is 15. When twice the smaller number is subtracted from three times the larger number, the difference is 58. What is the larger number?
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Question 245928: Anne's age is seven tenths of Bill's age. In 4 yrs Anne's age will be eight eleventh's of Bill's age. How old is Bill now?
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Question 245928: Anne's age is seven tenths of Bill's age. In 4 yrs Anne's age will be eight eleventh's of Bill's age. How old is Bill now?
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Question 246084: 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

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Question 246045: The sum of Father and son�s age is 60 years. Six years ago the age of father is twice the son s age, then the current age of the father is
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Question 245662: A father is 4 times old as his son whose age is 5. find father present age?
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Question 246677: Two years ago, Anton was three times as old as his sister, Nathalie.In 4 years,He will be only twice his sister's age.Find their present ages.
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Question 246747: Alice is twice as old as Judy, who is younger than Alex by 3 years. If the sum of their ages is 27, how old is Alice?
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Question 246731: ann's age is seven-tenths of bill's age.In 4 years ann's age will be eight-elevenths of bill's age.How old is bill now?
28,33,40,or 68
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Question 246834: "Here lies Diophantus," the wonder behold! Through art algebraic, stone tells how old: " God gave him boyhood one-sixth of his life, One twelfth more as whiskers grew rife, And then yet one-seventh ere marriage begun, In five years there came a bouncing new son. Alas, this dear child of master and sage, Passed away when attaining half father's final age. After consoling his fate with the science of numbers, For four years, then Diophantus did slumber." How long did Diophantus live ?
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Question 246980: Your parents ask you to mow the lawn. It is a square plot that is 16 ft on each side and it has a square cement fountain in the center that is 3 ft on each side. What is the area of the lawn that you will mow?
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Question 246676: Please solve this problem.
"Angel is twice as old as Gavin.In three years,Angel will be 13 years less than twice as old as Gavin.Find their ages now."
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Question 247108: John is twice as old as Lubert. In 3 yrs, John will be 13 yrs less than twice as old as Lubert. Find their present ages. (Is this problem correct?)
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Question 247719: Andrew�s grandfather�s age is twelve times Andrew�s age. If Andrew�s grandfather was 55 years old when Andrew was born, how many years old is Andrew now?
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Question 247782: 3<5 times her age is the same as 3 times her age increased by 37
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