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Question 1198741: Ross is 75% of his uncle's age and 3 times older than his nephew. If Ross's uncle is 50 years old, how old is Ross's nephew?
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Question 1198741: Ross is 75% of his uncle's age and 3 times older than his nephew. If Ross's uncle is 50 years old, how old is Ross's nephew?
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Question 1198730: Sixteen year old Amelia is four times older than her brother Theodore. How old will Amelia be when she's twice as old?

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Question 1198730: Sixteen year old Amelia is four times older than her brother Theodore. How old will Amelia be when she's twice as old?

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Question 1198791: Ben is three times as old as Ann today. In 5 years' time, the sum of their ages will be 38 years. What
is the age of Ben today?
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Question 1198810: bobs mom is 4 times older than him.How old is he if the product oof their ages are 400?

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Question 1198810: bobs mom is 4 times older than him.How old is he if the product oof their ages are 400?

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Question 1198810: bobs mom is 4 times older than him.How old is he if the product oof their ages are 400?

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Question 1198929: if four times my age is increased by 20 the result is 80 how old am i
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Question 1198944: he lived 1/6 of his life as a child; 1/12 as a boy; 1/7 as an adolescent; 1/2 as a householder; and died as an old man for 9 years."
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Question 1198944: he lived 1/6 of his life as a child; 1/12 as a boy; 1/7 as an adolescent; 1/2 as a householder; and died as an old man for 9 years."
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Question 1199026: Four years ago,a mother was 4 times as old as her son.In 4 years time, the sum of their ages will be 56years .Find the age of the mother when the son was born
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Question 1199118: this year jack's age is three times tom's age . in six year's time jack will only be 2 times older than tom what is jack's ages this year
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Question 1199315: A father is 27 years older than his son ten years ago he was twice as old as his son how old is the father
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Question 1199315: A father is 27 years older than his son ten years ago he was twice as old as his son how old is the father
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Question 1199543: kyle has been playing basketball for 3 1/2 years longer than his sister. write an equation that shows how many years y kyle has been playing if his sister has been playing for x years
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Question 1199556: The ratio of sum and the difference of the present age of Vivek and Arvind are 2: 1. Four years ago, this ratio was 3:2. What will be the ratio of their ages after 12 years
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Question 1199605: The sun of Anna's age and Ben's age is 40.Two years ago, Anna was thrice as Ben. Find the Anna's age
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Question 1199605: The sun of Anna's age and Ben's age is 40.Two years ago, Anna was thrice as Ben. Find the Anna's age
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Question 1199605: The sun of Anna's age and Ben's age is 40.Two years ago, Anna was thrice as Ben. Find the Anna's age
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Question 1199606: White chocolate cost $20.00 per bar, and dark chocolate cost $25.00 per bar. If Anne bought 15 bars of chocolate for $340.00. How many bars of dark chocolate did she buy
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Question 1199709: What quantity of 72% acetic acid solution must be mixed with a 14% acetic acid solution to produce 548.58 mL of 38% solution?

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Question 1199782: Ethan is older than Jordan. Their ages are consecutive integers. Find Ethan’s age if the sum of the square of Ethan’s age and 4 times Jordan’s age is 56
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Question 1199803: joan is three times as old as her son richard. ten years from now, joan will be two times as old as richard. how old are they now?
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Question 1199906: I9 years ago, a man is 11 years older than the son and in 12 years time , the son will be 13 years. How old is the man in 2020
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Question 1199994: Mr Joe has 3 children Blessing,Elvis and emila given that the second is older than the first one for 3 years and the third is 2times the age of the second calculate their ages if the total sum of their ages is 29
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Question 1200013: Jenna is 15 years Old. She is one year older that twice her brothers age. How old is jennas brother?
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Question 1200013: Jenna is 15 years Old. She is one year older that twice her brothers age. How old is jennas brother?
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Question 1200042: mrs audu's age is twice her daughter's. the sum of her age and her daughter is more than 70 years. write an inequality for the expression
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Question 1200059: How much water should be added to 1 gallon of pure antifreeze to obtain a solution that is 85% antifreeze
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Question 1200059: How much water should be added to 1 gallon of pure antifreeze to obtain a solution that is 85% antifreeze
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Question 1200059: How much water should be added to 1 gallon of pure antifreeze to obtain a solution that is 85% antifreeze
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Question 1200074: if three times a boy's ages is increased by3, it will equal his sister's age. The sum of their ages now is 23. how old are the boy and his sister?
Let x=boy's age
3x+3=sister's age x+(3x+3)=23

solve for x. solve for 3x+3.
x=________(boys age) 3x+3=_________(sister's age)
verify.
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Question 1200145: A teacher was asked by her students how old she is. She said ok but they have to solve the following problem from the information given. “My son is 24 years younger than I am. He, in turn is 25 years older than my grandson. My grandson and I together are 73 years old.
How old is the teacher?
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Question 1200173: Mr. McBurney loves hisplants. She knows that 25 of the plants in the his greenhouse use 43 gallons of water. However this is not enough for ALL her plants. How much water is necessary to water all the plants in the house? Write an equation to represent the situation, and then find the answer. Explain VERY well.
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Question 1200283: A movie star, unwilling to give his age, posed the following riddle to a gossip columnist: "6 years ago, I was 11 times as old as my daughter. Now I am 5 times as old as she is." How old is the movie star?
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