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Question 261875: Write an equation which models how old, in years, you will be when you are 3 times as old as the younger person. I am 44, and the youngest person is 6.
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Question 261928: 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? Thanks so much!
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Question 262251: Please help me with solving this word problem: Renee is 24 years younger than her mother the sum of their ages are 54 How old is Renees mom?
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Question 262258: The age of aman 5 year ago was seven times the age of his son. the ratio of their ages after 5 year will be 3:1. find their present ages?
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Question 262137: A man 38 years old has a son 14 years old. How many years ago was the man seven times as old as his son? I also need the steps!
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Question 262511: 6. Three times the sum of Jim�s and Tom�s ages is equal to nine times the difference of their ages, and two years ago Jim was three times as old as Tom was. How old is Tom now? Be sure to show your work.
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Question 262481: Sarah is 5 times older than her grandaughter. If the difference between their ages is 40, how old is her granddaughter?
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Question 262682: A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5 years what is father's present age ?
(a) 40 yrs (b) 30 yrs (c) 50 yrs (d) none of these
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Question 262839: Pam is half as old as her brother Bill. Eight years ago Bill was six times as old as Pam. How old are they now?
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Question 262936: Bob is fifteen years older than Ray. If twenty-four times Bob's age plus eighteen times Ray's age equals twenty-seven times Bob's age. What year was Bob born?
I need you to explain how you get the answer and what the answer is i know the answer but i do not know how to get it please explain.
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Question 262949: Jerry is 3 years less than twice as old as Larry, The sum of their age is 60. find their ages.
Jerry is______years old and Larry is __________years old.
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Question 263005: Kindly old Grandfather Lunn is twice as old as his son. Twenty-five years ago,
their age ratio strange enough was three to one. When does Grandfather
celebrate his centenary?
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Question 262873: The sum of the ages of three sisters, Carol, Cindy, and Lisa, is 42. Carol, the oldest, is 4 times as old as Lisa, who is the youngest. How old is Cindy? Explain how you know.
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Question 263266: Brad is 7 more than 2 times as old as Ben. In 23 years the sum of their ages will be 83. How old is Ben now?
I have been trying to figure out a way to set up the problem to work it out.
Brad = y 2x + 7+ 23y = 83
Ben = x x + 23y = 83
I don't want the answer, I just need help setting it up to work out.
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Question 263306: The two digits in Jack�s age are the same as Bill�s age, but in reverse order. In five years Jack will be twice as old as Bill will be then. What is the difference in their current ages?
(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 27 (D) 36 (E) 45
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Question 263432: In 1992 the life expectancy of males in a certain country was 66.2 years in 1997 it was 69.9 years let E represent the life expectancy in year t and let t represent the number of years since 1992?
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Question 263455: Pat is 20 years older than his son Patrick. In 2 years Pat will be twice as old as Patrick. How old are they now?
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Question 263770: A boy is 24 years younger than his father . In two years time the sum of their ages will be 40. Find the present ages of father and son
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Question 264105: 5 years ago sean was 3 times as old as his brother. today he is 2 times as old as his brother.how many years older than his brother is sean? how old is sean now?
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Question 264795: tHE father said to his son 'if im in your age now your only 3 years old. If you are in my age now, im already 78 years old. how old is the son now?
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Question 264924: A 27-year old mother has a 5-year old daughter. In how many years will the mother be three times as old as her daughter?
A.4 B.6 C.9 D. 15 E.None of these

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Question 265176: jen 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 265176: jen 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 265299: If Sally adds four times her age four years from now to five times her age five years from now, she gets ten times her current age. how old will sally be five years from now?
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Question 265380: pam is 14 and dad is 37. In how many years will pam's dad be twice as old as she will be?
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Question 265501: A girl is 20 years old and her cousin is twice as old. When the girl is 30, how old will her cousin be ?
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Question 265579: Five Years ago, Gemma was twice as oldas Tony is now. In seven years, Gemma will be five times as old as Tony is now. What are Gemma's and Tony current age's.
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Question 265601: Sue is 25 years older than Bill. in 4 years, Sue will be twice as old as Bill will be in 4 years. How old are they now?
S=sue
b=Bill
s+25=b
I am stuck after this. I don't understand how to come up with the second equation to solve.
Heather
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Question 265690: My granddaughter is as many days old as my daughter is weeks. My granddaughter is also as many months old as I am years. My granddaughter, my daughter and i have a combined age of 120 years. How old am i?
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Question 265757: What is the awnser to Tonian is 25 years younger than her father. The sum of their age is 75. How old is each now.
Please show all work. I cant figure it okay. I keep messing up on sometbing.

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Question 265383: pam is 14 and dad is 37. In how many years will pam's dad be twice as old as she will be?
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Question 265878: Harry is twice as old as Sally was at the time when he was as old as Sally is now. Harry's age + Sally's age = 56 years. how old are they?
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Question 265949: A teacher is 15 years older than her student. In 15 years, the ratio of their ages will be 3:2. Find their present ages.
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Question 266209: if you are 8 years old and you younger brother is half your age, when will you be three times his age
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Question 266209: if you are 8 years old and you younger brother is half your age, when will you be three times his age
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Question 266229: If someone can please help with this question, because I don't understand how to solve it!
Mr. Moore is 6 years older than 4 times his daughters' age. In 7 years, he will be triple her age. How old will Mr. Moore be in 9 years ?
What is his daughters age now ?
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Question 266321: Carolyn is 25 and Vicky is 4. In how many years will Carolyn be four times as old as Vicky?
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Question 266447: Jennifer is twice as old as Ramon. The sum of their ages 7 years ago was 13. How old are they now?
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Question 266551: Zack is 4 times the age as Salman. Zack is also 3 years old than Salaman. How old is Zack?
I saw someone solve this equation using divison. However, I am not used to that method. Could you show me how to solve it using exactly what's there, multiplication? Thanks.
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Question 265753: Lily is 13 years older than Richie. Next year, she will be twice as old as he is. How old are both of them of them now?
This is I have...
L+13=R

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Question 266755: An arithmetic student needs at least a 70% average to receive credit for the course. If she scored 86%, 77%, and 64% on the first three exams, what is the lowest score she can get on the fourth exam to receive credit for the course?
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Question 267166: John is 2 times Bills age now. ten years ago he was seven times his age. What are their ages now.
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