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Question 296828: Melissa is 24 years younger than Joyce. In 2 years Joyce will be 3 times as old as Melissa will be then. How old are they now?
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Question 296864: Mrs. Brooks lacks 7 years from being five times as old as her son. Six years from now she will lack 3 years from being three times as olds as her son is then. Find each of their ages...can you help me put this into an equation step by step???
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Question 297071: Raghvan has spent a quarter of his life as a boy.One fifth as a youth,one-third as a man and 13 in old age.what is his present age?
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Question 297444: Hot chocolate sells for $.75 and coffee sells for $.50 at a football game. If they sold $200 worth of hot drinks and used 295 cups, how many of each drink did they sell?
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Question 297438: toms weight plus twice my weight is 361. My weight plus twice toms weight is 362. How much is my weight and toms weight?
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Question 297501: 3rd class math question anyone..! In 5 yrs time, i will be three times as old as i was three years ago, how old am i now..??
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Question 297602: If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?
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Question 297898: Roberta now is 3 times as old as Ricky. Five years from now she will be twice as old as Ricky is then. What are the ages of both Ricky and Roberta?
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Question 297908: Doris is 3 years older than Jennifer. the sum of their ages is 29. Whats the ages of both Jennifer and Doris?
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Question 297897: Roberta now is times as old as Ricky. Five years from now she will be twice as old as Ricky is then. What are the ages of both Ricky and Roberta?
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Question 297903: Sofia is 5 times as old as her cousin. Four years from now she will be 3 times as old as her cousin. Whats the ages of both Sofia and her cousin?
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Question 298112: A lady is three times as old as her daughter. 8 years ago the product of their ages was 112. find their present ages.
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Question 298112: A lady is three times as old as her daughter. 8 years ago the product of their ages was 112. find their present ages.
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Question 299017: 5 years ago, Jay was seven times older than Mary. In five years, Mary will be half as old as Jay (or Jay will be twice as old as Mary). How old is each one?
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Question 299269: In 30 years, Sue will be 4 times as old as she is now. How old is she is now?
I used the equation 4x = 30 - x.....but I don't think that is correct.
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Question 299994: please help me solve this word problem:
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Question 300679: Judy is 12 years older than Joan. In 7 years, the sum of thier ages will be 42. How old is each now?
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Question 300702: Skip is now three times as old as Paul. In 5 years, Skip will be twice as old as Paul will be then. What will their ages be in five years?
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Question 300706: Carla is now twice as old as Jennifer. Seven years ago, the sum of their ages was 16. How old is each girl now?
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Question 300708: mrs.montez is 20 years older than Mrs. cooke sixteen years ago, mrs.montez was 3 times as old as mrs. cooke was then. how old are mrs.montez and mrs. cooke now?
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Question 300704: Tom's present age is twice Sue's present age. Two years ago, Tom was three times as old as Sue was then. Find their present ages.
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Question 300711: father's age is three times the sum of ages of his two childen. after 5 year his will be twice the sum of ages of the son. find the present ages of father and son.
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Question 301043: Mike's age is 3 times john's age. in 12 years, mike will be twice as old as john.how old are mike and john now?

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Question 301027: one teacher has 4 times as many years experience as a second. six years from now, the first teacher will have twice as many years exprience as the second. how many years exprience does each teacher have now?
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Question 301020: the ages of two cousins can be represented as consecutive integers. fifteen years from now, the sum of their ages wil bee 57. how old is each now?
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Question 301631: There are 1000 spaces. Regular Parking is $5. Prefered parking is $10. They sold out $5750. How many of each type of parking are available?
$12 adult tickets were sold.
$7 student tickets were sold.
A total of 122 tickets were sold adding up to $1,099 total. How many student tickets were sold?
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Question 301651: Romeo is one third as old as his father. Five years ago his father was four times as old as Romeo. How many years old is romeo?
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Question 301958: Please help me solve this question:
David is y years old. Tom is 2 years younger than David. What is Tom's age?
Would the equation be: x-2 = Tom's Age? But then, I don't know how to find the exact number.
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Question 301962: Please help me solve this!:
Mary has n dollars. John has $7 less than 3 times the amount of money Mary has. How many dollars does John have?
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Question 301959: If Mrs. Chan saves D dollars every week, how many weeks will it take her to save $500?
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Question 302074: The product of the ages of A and B is 104. If thrice the age of B is less than A's age by 11 years. Find the B's age.thanks
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Question 302087: Beth is twice as old as her brother and half as old as her father. in 22 years, her brother will be half as old as his father, how old is beth now
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Question 302164: Pamela is 9 years older than Jiri. The sum of their ages is 107 . What is Jiri's age?
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Question 302365: One number is 4 more than another, and their sum is 60. What is the smaller number? If x=the larger number and y=smaller number, then which of the following systems could be used to solve the problem? x+y=60and -x+y=4; x+y=60and x-y=4 or x+y=60and x+y=4
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Question 302367: One number is 4 more than another, and their sum is 60. What is the smaller number?
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Question 302510: The length of a rectangle is 2 more than
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Question 302511: If t = the tens digit and u = the ones digit, which expression shows the value of interchanging the digits in a two-digit number?
u + t
10u + t
u + 10t
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Question 302509: one number is 4 more than the other,
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Question 302513: The length of a rectangle is
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Question 302586: john is presently 12 years older than fred. four years ago john was twice as old as fred. how old is each now?
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Question 301026: the ages of two sisters can be represented as consecutive odd integer. twelve years ago, the sum of their ages was 8. how old is each now?
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Question 301022: an electrician has 5 times as many years experience as her apprentice. four years from now, the electrician will have 3 times as many years experience as the apprentice. how many years exprience does each have now?
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Question 303143: Jack is twice as old as Jill but in five years time he will only be one and half times as old. How old is Jack and Jill now?
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Question 300789: THREE TIMES THE SUM OF JIMS AND TOMS AGES IS EQUAL TO TWELVE TIMES THE DIFFERENCE OF THEIR AGES AND THREE YEARS AGO JIM WAS TWICE AS OLD AS TOM WAS. HOW OLD IS TOM NOW?
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