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Question 258086: Will's Father is five times as old as Will now. Two years ago, he was 7 times as old as will was then. How old is each now
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Question 258086: Will's Father is five times as old as Will now. Two years ago, he was 7 times as old as will was then. How old is each now
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Question 257908: 5 years ago, Brian was twice as old as John.If Brian is 7 Years older than John, how old was Brian 9 years ago?
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Question 258321: Mr. Reyes is 25 years older than his son. How old are the father and the son if Mr. Reyes is5 more than thrice as old as his son?

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Question 258359: A WOMAN IS 4 TIMES OLDER THEN HER DAUGHTER, IN 18 YEARS THE WOMAN WILL BE TWICE THE DAUGHTERS AGE, WHAT ARE THE CURRANT AGES OF THE MOTHER AND THE DAUGHTER?
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Question 258374: I am four years older than my cousins brother jack. If the sum of our ages is 30, how old is each person?
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Question 258631: a father is four times as old as his son. in twenty years he will be twice as old. how old are they now?
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Question 258779: Solve this problem by using a two order system.
John is 5 years older than Mary. In 10 years, twice John's age decreased by Mary's age is 35, and John's age will be twice Mary's current age. Find their ages now.
John is years old ?, and Mary is ? years old.

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Question 259030: A father is 32 years older than his daughter.In 4 years, the father will be 5 times as old as his daughter. Fid their present ages?
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Question 259406: Jose is 3 times his sister, Anne. The sum of their ages together is 28. What are Jose's and Anne's age?
Now i tried solving it.. i put the equation like (j+a=28) but then it would be no solution. There was also 3a=j
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Question 259513: Mike and Jay are brothers. Mike is 33. This is 3 times as old as Jay was when Mike was the age that Jay is today.
How old is Jay?

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Question 259510: Mike and Jay are brothers. Mike is 33. This is 3 times as old as Jay was when Mike was the age that Jay is today.
How old is Jay?

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Question 259619: vincent is 10 yrs older than John Paul. Five yrs ago, his age was twice that of John Paul. Find their present ages.
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Question 259655: In 5 years Chim will be three times as old as Jared. The sum of their ages is 42. How old are Chim and Jared?
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Question 259694: I have a loan for an bakery shop of 80,000 from family, and 38,250 from the bank, to be paid back in 10 years. what integer would repersent my total budget?
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Question 259664: The sum of Elisa's age and Ira's age is 47. Ira's age is 5 years less than three times Elisa's age. How old are Ira and Elisa?
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Question 259768: sam is 1.5 m tall on her eleventh birthday and 1.65 m tall on her twelefth birthday. by what factor has her height increased? by what percentage? can you show how to go about solving this so i know what to do? Thank you.
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Question 259853: mary is three times as old as her son .after twelvue years she is one year less than twice her sons age. what are there present ages.?
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Question 259853: mary is three times as old as her son .after twelvue years she is one year less than twice her sons age. what are there present ages.?
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Question 260137: Wilamina is 4 times as old as Wilbur.The sum of their ages is 75.How old are both Wilamina and Wilbur?
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Question 259896: in 2 years andy will be as old as joe is now. in 2 years joe will be 1 1/2 times as old as andy. find their ages now
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Question 259896: in 2 years andy will be as old as joe is now. in 2 years joe will be 1 1/2 times as old as andy. find their ages now
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Question 260223: George Washington was born 11 years before Thomas Jefferson. In 1770 Washington�s age was 3 more than 7 times the age of Jefferson in 1748. What was the sum of the two men�s ages in 1750?
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Question 260306: Adam is 5 years younger than Eve. In 1 year, Eve will be three times as old as Adam was 4 years ago. Find their ages now.
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Question 260309: 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 260697: Mary is twice as old as Susan and three years older than John. The sum of their
ages is 32. How old is Susan?
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Question 260754: Jennifer is 6 years older than Sue. In 4 years, She will be twice as old as Sue was 5 years ago. Find their ages now.
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Question 261051: Pam is half as old as her brother Bill. Four years ago Bill was six times older than Pam. How old is each sibling now?
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Question 261051: Pam is half as old as her brother Bill. Four years ago Bill was six times older than Pam. How old is each sibling now?
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Question 260883: I will be x years old in the year x^2. How old I am now?
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Question 261267: William is six years older than Robert. In two years, William will be twice as old as Robert. Find their ages.
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Question 261293: Ann is now seven times as old as Joan. In six years, Ann will be five times as old as Joan. Find the present age of each one.
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Question 261292: Alice is ten years less than twice as old as Bonnie. If the sum of their ages is 26 years, find their ages.
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Question 261291: Don is twice as old as Irene; Ed is 16 years older than Irene. The sum of all three of their ages is 60 years. Find the age of each person.
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Question 261331: Hi, I am trying to come up with a equation for this word problem
Ten years from now Alex's age will be 3 times her present age. Find Alex's age now.
I let (x) be Alex's age now, and I figured her age 10 yrs from now would be 3(x+10) therefore I said x=3(x+10)
Is this correct? Please help me. Thanks

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Question 261390: Find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and the second is 27 less than three times the third
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Question 261387: Jack is 24 years older than Mary is now. Four years ago, he was seven times as old as Mary was then. How old is Jack now?
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Question 261314: Jill's present age is three times her sister's age two years ago. If Jill is 18 years old, how old is her sister now?
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Question 261314: Jill's present age is three times her sister's age two years ago. If Jill is 18 years old, how old is her sister now?
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Question 261624: barbie, judy, and sulty all have birthdays in the same day. barbie's present age is two years less than the sum of judy and sulty's age. in 5 years, barbie will be twice as old as judy will be then. two years ago, judy was half as old as sulty was. how old is each now?
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Question 261653: Louise is twice as old as her younger brother John. Their combined ages are 45. How old is each person?
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Question 261653: Louise is twice as old as her younger brother John. Their combined ages are 45. How old is each person?
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Question 261590: Anita has 2 sisters and 3 bros.the mean of all their ages is 6. what will their mean age be 10 years from now?20 years from now?
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Question 261694: When Chin Ho's age was twice Samy's age, Paul's age was 30. When Paul's age was twice Chin Ho's age, Samy's age was 21. Given that Paul was the oldest among the three persons, find Samy's age when Paul was 62 years old.
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Question 261296: Don is twice as old as Irene; Ed is 16 years older than Irene. The sum of all three of their ages is 60 years. Find the age of each person.
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