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Question 1172156: A boy is y years old. His father is 31 years older than he is. The boy has a sister who is 3 years younger than the boy. The sum of their ages is 61 years (that is, the sum of the ages of boy, girl and father). How old is the boy?
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Question 1172195: Bryce is two years older than Logan. Sylvia is five years older than Bryce. The sum of their ages is 36. How old is Logan?
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Question 1172232: Liu Tse is 6 years older than four times the age of her daughter, Lan. Lan will be 9 years old in 3 years.
A photo of a mother and daughter lying in the grass is shown.
Question 1
Part A
Write and evaluate an expression that shows Lan’s age.
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Question 1172264: How old am I if 500 reduced by 4 times my age is 256?
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Question 1172273: Allyn is 31 years older than David. The sum of their ages is 49. How old is Allyn?
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Question 1172273: Allyn is 31 years older than David. The sum of their ages is 49. How old is Allyn?
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Question 1172282: Mia is 4 years older than her sister Taylor. Mia’s brother is nine years younger than their sister Taylor. The sum of their ages is 64 years.
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Question 1172288: Terry is x years old. Represent his age 12 years from now.
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Question 1172287: Frank is eight years older than his sister, Amy. In three years he
will be twice as old as she will be. how old are they right know?

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Question 1172287: Frank is eight years older than his sister, Amy. In three years he
will be twice as old as she will be. how old are they right know?

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Question 879256: Bill and Jenna are solving the quadratic equation x 2 - x = 12.
Bill solved this way Jenna solved this way
x2 - x = 12
x(x - 1) = 12
x = 12 or 13 x2 - x = 12
x2 - x - 12 = 0
(x - 4)(x + 3) = 0
x = 4 or x = -3
Which student is correct?
What error did the other student make when solving?

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Question 1172386: A shopkeeper bought some dozens of exercise books at ₦20.00 each. He found 13 of them torn, but he sells the rest at ₦32.00 each and makes a profit of ₦88.00. How many dozen of exercise book did he buy?
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Question 1172531: Solve for the unknown number of the mathematical sentence: "15 times the sum of a number and 99 gives 1530."
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Question 1172533: Grandpa lunn is twice as old as his son 25 years ago the ratio strange enough was 3:1 when does grandpa lunn turn 100

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Question 1172593: The sum of Tray's age and Ja’s age is 60. Nine years ago, Tray was twice as old as Ja then. How old is Ja?
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Question 1172609: Cesar is 52 yrs younger than Melissa. 5 yrs ago, Melissas age was 3 times Cesars age. How old is Cesar?
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Question 1172609: Cesar is 52 yrs younger than Melissa. 5 yrs ago, Melissas age was 3 times Cesars age. How old is Cesar?
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Question 1172609: Cesar is 52 yrs younger than Melissa. 5 yrs ago, Melissas age was 3 times Cesars age. How old is Cesar?
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Question 1172651: The sum of the ages of Gerardo and Alexis is 104 years. 12 years ago, Gerardo's age was 3 times Alexis's age. How old is Gerardo now?

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Question 1172684: translate this phrase into an algebraic expression. The quotient of 4 and a number increased by 10.
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Question 1172718: Luis is 9 years older than kevin. Two years ago, his age was twice that kevin's age. How old is luis?
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Question 1172820: kwaku is now six times as old as ama. in 12 years time kwaku will be 2 times as olg as ama . how old are they.

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Question 1172903: Reggie has 2 sisters he is 4 years younger than his older sister who is 3 times older than his 5-year-old sister. How old are Reggie and his sister
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Question 1172945: The sum of two consecutive numbers is 131.
First number:
Second number:
Equation:
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Question 1172945: The sum of two consecutive numbers is 131.
First number:
Second number:
Equation:
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Question 1172944: A mother is 12 years older than triple the age of her daughter. The sum of their ages is 36.
Girl's age:.
Mother's age:
Equation:
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Question 1172943: A mother is 12 years older than triple the age of her daughter. The sum of their ages is 36. What are their ages?
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Question 1172943: A mother is 12 years older than triple the age of her daughter. The sum of their ages is 36. What are their ages?
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Question 1172962: Mr. Jones is thirty four years older than his daughter Samantha. In five years, he will be three times older than she is. How old is Sandra now?
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Question 1173014: My age and my grandmother's age differ by fifty years. Nine times my age decreased by triple her age is equal to (-60). How old were each of us last year?
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Question 1173015: The Length of a rectangle is 4 feet less than 3 times its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 54 feet. What equation can be used to find the width (w) of the rectangle ?
a (3w-4)+2w=54
b 2(3w-4)+2w=54
c w(3w-4)=54
d 2(4w-3)+2w=54
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Question 1173031: Five years ago Barbra was four-fifths Bill's age then. In ten years she will be
seven-eights his age then.

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Question 1173031: Five years ago Barbra was four-fifths Bill's age then. In ten years she will be
seven-eights his age then.

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Question 1173031: Five years ago Barbra was four-fifths Bill's age then. In ten years she will be
seven-eights his age then.

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Question 1173043: Carlos is 5 years younger than twice Stephanie’s age. If Carlos is 13 years old then how old is Stephanie?
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