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Question 30520: will a tutor please help me
Mary is now twice as old as Jabe.Seven years ago, the sum of their ages was 16.What are their ages now and seven years ago?
Mary now-
Jabe now-
Mary 7 years ago-
Jabe 7 years ago-
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Question 30518: will a tutor please help me with this problem,
Ann's present age exceeds Bob's age by 25 years. In 15 years Ann will be twice as old as bob.Find both ages
Ann now-
Bob now-
Ann in 15-
Bob in 15-
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Question 30586: In an organization there are CE's, ME's and EE's. The sum of their ages is 2160; the average age is 36; the average age of the CE's and ME's is 39; the average age of the ME's and EE's is 32 8/11; the average age of the CE's and EE's is 36 2/3. If each CE had been 1 year older, each ME 6 years and each EE 7 years older, their average age would have been greater by 5 years. Find the number of each group and their average ages.
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Question 31409: The sum of the ages of a mother and her daughter is 32. In 4 years, the difference of their ages will be 24. How old is each now?
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Question 31539: Tim is 5 years older than Joann. Six years from now the sum of thier ages will be 79. How old are they now?
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Question 31652: If sharon is twice as old as dave is now and will be 1.5 times his age in 4 years how old is she now?
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Question 32710: Jim is 21 years older than Bill. Twelve years ago, Jim was twice as old as Bill. Find their present ages.
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Question 32855: Helen is now 40 years old and arlene is 20 years old.How many years ago was Helen three times as old as Arlene was then.
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Question 33108: I am home-schooling this semester for the first time. I am using the curriculum from Alpha and Omega Academy (SOS Schoolhouse). I know I can do these problems, I am just missing some key factor.
The question is this:
Two years ago a father was four times as old as his son. Three years from now, the father will be only three times as old as the son. How old is each now?
I tried:
son=x
dad=4(x-2)
x + 4(x-2) = 3 + 3x
x + 4x - 8 = 3 +3x
5x -8 = 3+3x
2x=11
(As you can see, this is wrong.If you could help me with this one, I can get the rest, I hope. Thanks!!!!)
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Question 33130: Annilee's present age is 2/3 of Jessie's present age. In 8 years the sum of their ages will be 61 years. Find their present ages.
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Question 33130: Annilee's present age is 2/3 of Jessie's present age. In 8 years the sum of their ages will be 61 years. Find their present ages.
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Question 33363: How old is a skeleton that has lost 75% of its Carbon-14? I have NO idea how to do this problem. Could someone help me?
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Question 36029: Thank you very much for your help!
The volume of a sphere is directly proportional to the cube of its diameter and is 288(pie)cm cubed when the diameter is 12 cm. Find the constant of proportionality in terms of (pie). Then write the formula for the volume of a sphere in terms of its diameter.
I know the answer is pie/6 and V=pie/6 d cubed. Thanks again!
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Question 36027: Thank you for your help!
The distance an object falls from rest varies directly as the square of the time it has fallen. If the object fell 4 ft during the 1st half second, how far did it fall during the next 2 seconds?
I know the answer is 96ft but im not sure how to set it up. Thank you.
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Question 36480: Jon is 6 years older than his wife Liz. In 4 years, twice his age plus 1 will be 3 times Liz's age 3 years ago. How old are they now?
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Question 36984: Joseph is twelve years younger than Mack. Kevin is 1year younger than Joseph. The sum of their ages is sixty-two. How old is joseph.
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Question 37196: Larry is three times as old as Moe, and Curly is sixteen years younger than Larry, Larry's age was twice the sum of the ages of Moe and Curly. Find each man's age.
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Question 37507: One day in math class, shelley ask the teacher, " Mr. Nelson, how old are you?"
Mr.Nelson responds: "This year Iam 3 times as ols as my sister. How ever. 6 years ago, I was five times as old as she was". How old is the math teacher?
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Question 38374: Bob's father is 3 times old as Bob. 4 years ago, he was 4 times older. How old is Bob?
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Question 38373: Bob's father is 3 times old as Bob. 4 years ago, he was 4 times older. How old is Bob?
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Question 38940: Allen is 3 times as old as Betty. Catherine is 5 yrs younger than Allen. 3 yrs ago sum of all ages is 56. What is each of their present age?
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Question 38972: William is 1/6 as old as his father but 5 years older than his sister, Mary. If the sum of all their ages is 51, how old is William?
(not from a text) Thank You for your help.
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Question 38989: A man has five sons, each three years older than the next younger. The age of the oldest in three years will be three times the present age of the second youngest. How old is each son from youngest to oldest?
(Not from a text) seems simple. Would the youngest be 3 and the oldest 15?
Thank you for your help.
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Question 38296: The Mesopatamian civilization was dated by using the carbon-14 dating. A piece of wood discovered in an archaeological dig was found to have lost 62% of its carbon-14. Determine its age.
The answer is 7997 years but I don't know how to get to that answer.
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Question 39237: The ages of Old and Young total 48. Old is twice as old as Young was
when Old was half as old as Young will be when Young is three times as
old as Old was when Old was three times as old as Young.
How old is Old?
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Question 39411: Mr. Granger is 10 years more than twice as old as his son. However, last year he was 4 years less than 3 times as old as his son. How old are Mr. Granger and his son?
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Question 39748: My mother is 35 years old
She is that age without counting the weekends each year
What is her real age!
Please Help !!
Thank You
xxx
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Question 40057: A woman and her grandson have the same birthday. For six consecutive birthdays,
she is an integral multiple of his age. How old is the grandmother at the sixth of these birthdays?
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Question 40165: Thanks for the help!
Pete is three years older than his brother Al. In eight years, nine times pete's age will be equal to ten times Al's age. What is Al's present age?
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Question 40340: Thanks for the help. I've tried every equation I can think of and I haven't come up with a suitable answer.
Word Problem:
Brian's present age is one year more than twice Shelly's age. Five years ago, Brian was four times as old as Shelly. How old is Brian now?
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Question 40580: 2 years ago father's age was (x-2) yrs.
2 years ago son's age = (x-2) yrs.
So now son's age = (x-2) + 2 = yrs.
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Question 41479: ann's age is seven-tenths of Bill's age. In 4 years Ann's age will be eight-elevenths of Bill's age. How old is Bill now?
The Ten's digit of a two-digit number is 3 more than the unit's digit. The number is 8 more than six times the sum of the digits. Find the number.
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Question 41901: Hello!
Can somebody help please?
My question is:
Last time it was the kids birthdays I noticed that even though they were born only one year apart, when I squared their ages and then added the sum of the ages they would total 1105. How old are my kids?
Thanks. Your help and time are much appreciated.
marangeo
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Question 41941: In three years, Chad will be three times my present age. I will then be half as old as he. How old am I?
I think it should be set up like this: 3x+3=1/2c
"x" for present age, "c" for chad's age
i know this can't be right because i can't get an answer that makes since.
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Question 43159: Where in the world do I start?
On June 1, 1998, the average age of the 33 employees at Acme Cement was 47 years. On June 1, 1999, three of the staff aged 65,58,and 62 retired and were replaced by four employees aged 24,31,26 and 28. What was the average age of the employees at Acme Cement on June 1, 1999?
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Question 43160: According to Garrison Keillor, all the children in Lake Wobegon are above average. Is this assertion just a joke or is there a sense in which it could be true.
We are learning about statistics the interpretaion of data.
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Question 44854: At the present time, Jenifer is 20 years younger than her mother. In 4 years, the ratio of Jenifers age will be 4 to 9. Find Jenifers present age
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Question 45401: Chris is 3 years older than Beth. Seven years from now she will be twice as old as Beth was a year ago. How old is each now?
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Question 46232: Lisa is 1/3 the age of Sally. 6 years ago Lisa was 1/9 the age of Sally. How old is Lisa and How old is Sally? Thank you. Please show step for step. I need help
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Question 48106: Billy is twice as old as his son. In 10 years, the ratio of their ages will be 3:5. Find their present ages.
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