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Question 1155419: A play was attended by 320 people. Regular tickets were $15 each, while student tickets were priced at $10. The total receipts were $4,200. Set up a system of linear equations in order to determine how many of each types of tickets were sold
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Question 1155561: Julie is twice as old as Alison. The sum of their age is 81. How old is Julie

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Question 1155594: When Mary is twice as old as Frank, then I shall be 17 years old.
But Mary was 23 when Frank was twice as old as me.
That’s what John said.
How old was John when Frank was ten?
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Question 1155633: Ann is twice as old as Ashley. Seven years ago the sum of their age was 16. How old is Ashley now?
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Question 1155634: when maria was 6 years old. Andrew was twice her age, maria is 9 years old now. How old is Andrew.

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Question 1155634: when maria was 6 years old. Andrew was twice her age, maria is 9 years old now. How old is Andrew.

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Question 1155634: when maria was 6 years old. Andrew was twice her age, maria is 9 years old now. How old is Andrew.

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Question 1155645: Ruth is twice as old as Gertrude was when Ruth was as old as Gertrude is now
Ruth is 24 how old is Gertrude
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Question 1155641: Amy is 14 and her mother is 38. How many years ago was her mother exactly 3 times as old as Amy?
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Question 1155665: 1. Christina is twice as old as Melissa. Janice is 4 years younger than Christina.
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Question 1155665: 1. Christina is twice as old as Melissa. Janice is 4 years younger than Christina.
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Question 1155665: 1. Christina is twice as old as Melissa. Janice is 4 years younger than Christina.
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Question 1155719: Conner is 6 years older than Katie. In 5 years the sum of their ages will be 50. How old is Conner now?
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Question 1155790: my car will be four years older than it was three years ago. How old is my car?
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Question 1155790: my car will be four years older than it was three years ago. How old is my car?
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Question 1155790: my car will be four years older than it was three years ago. How old is my car?
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Question 1155798: Alvin is 13 years younger than elga. the sum of thier ages is 27 what is elga's age
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Question 1155799: A total of 568 tickets were sold for the school play they were either adult ticket of student tickets. the number of student tickets sold was three times the number of adult tickets sold. how many adult tickets were sold
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Question 1155908: Tiarn is x years old. Her friend Rose is ten less than twice her age. Another friend, Pam is five years younger than Rose. The sum of Tiarn, Rose and Pam’s ages is fifty. Write an equation and solve it to find the ages of all the people.
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Question 1155934: Four years ago Bob was twice as old as his little sister. Five years from now he will be six years older than his sister. How old is each now?

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Question 1155939: Alex is 3 years younger than half her sister Denise’s age. If d is Denise’s age, how old is Alex’s age, in terms of d?

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Question 1156039: Julie is 2 years older than her sister Rebecca. If the product of their ages is one less than 5 times
the sum of their ages, how old are Julie and Rebecca?
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Question 1156065: The objective of the puzzle is to discover the number given the clues below.
It is a three-digit whole number. It is greater than 500 Its tens digit is 2 less than its hundreds digit.Its ones digit is 2 less than its tens digit. Each of its digits is even.The sum of two of its digits is 10. The product of two of its digits is 32.

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Question 1156120: Jane is 6 less than 3 times Jack's age. Jane is 18. How old is Jack?
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Question 1156130: Janes age is 18 less than double bobs age, the sum of the ages Is 63 how old is each person
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Question 1156143: A plumber charges $55 for each hour plus a $20 surcharge. The plumber raises the charges for each hour by $5. Write an equation that represents the new cost c of a job that takes h hours? What will be the cost for 2 hours?
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Question 1156131: Mr.Karikari is five times as old as Eric.In ten years time Mr Karikari will be thrice as old as Eric.What is their present ages.

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Question 1156154: Mark is 6 years older than Stephanie. Two times Mark’s age is 8 less than 4 times Stephanie’s age. What are Mark and Stephanie’s ages?
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Question 1156145: 1.Determine three consecutive numbers such that the sum of twice the smallest number, three
times the middle number, plus the largest number is 53.
2.Mark is 6 years older than Stephanie. Two times Mark’s age is 8 less than 4 times Stephanie’s
age. What are Mark and Stephanie’s ages?

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Question 1156213: Anna is four times as old as Matt, the sum of their ages is 65 years. how old are they
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Question 1156213: Anna is four times as old as Matt, the sum of their ages is 65 years. how old are they
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Question 1156212: The objective of the puzzle is to discover the number given the clues below.
It is a six-digit whole number. Half of its digits are 2's. Half of its digits are 1's. It is divisible by 3. It is an odd number. It is divisible by 9. Its digits alternate.

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Question 1156242: john is 4 years old and his brother is half his age find in its simplest form the sum of the ages of the two boys at the present time and in 8 years time

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Question 1156273: I am 4 times as old as my son and the difference is 33 years. How old am I?

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Question 1156273: I am 4 times as old as my son and the difference is 33 years. How old am I?

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Question 1156288: Evan is 6 years old. His sister is 15 years old.
How old will they both be when Evan is half as old as his sister?
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Question 1156288: Evan is 6 years old. His sister is 15 years old.
How old will they both be when Evan is half as old as his sister?
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Question 1156289: The sum of ages of afull and Naomi is 34 years. Five years to come, Afful will be 2 times the age of Naomi. How old are they now ?

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Question 1156293: Mrs. Smith is 8 years more than triple the age of her son. The difference between their ages is 20. How old is Mrs. Smith ?
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Question 1156293: Mrs. Smith is 8 years more than triple the age of her son. The difference between their ages is 20. How old is Mrs. Smith ?
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