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Question 300755: 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 291437: The ages of mother and son are in a ratio of 10:3. If the mother is 40 years old, how old is the son?
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Question 292238: A father is twice as old as his son now. If he was three times as old as his son 10 years ago, find their current age
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Question 300754: tom's present age is twice Sue's present age. Two years ago, Tom was three times as old as sue was then. find thier present ages.
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Question 300726: Fourteen years ago, Jun was twice as old as Charlie. The sum of their ages is forty. What are their present ages?
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Question 300087: Mark is twice as old as Dave. In four years the sum of their ages will be 26. How old is Mark today?
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Question 299388: Max is 4 years older than Jim. Allison is twice as old as max.Danny is twice as old as Aliison. If the sum of all their ages is 68, how old is Max?
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Question 299386: Kirstin is 4 times Claires age. Emily is 6 years older than Claire and 6 years younger than Zach. If Anna is twice as old as Claire and the total of their ages is 81, how old is Kirstin?
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Question 298435: Twp years ago, I was three times as old as I was eight years before I was half as old as I will be six years from now. How old am I?
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Question 298420: Sam is 5 years older than john. The sum of their ages is less than 33. Find the age of each boy.
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Question 298321: a man's age is three times his son's age. Ten years ago he was five times his son's age. Calculate the age of each person
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Question 297446: The hight H that a certain arrow will reach T seconds after being shot directly upward is given by the formula H=112T-16T�. what is the maximum hight for this arrow?
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Question 296811: My brother is one third of my age. In five years I will be twice as old as he is. How old is my brother now?
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Question 297440: Write the equation of a line that passes through (-2,7) and is perpendicular to 2x-5y=3. Use slope intercept form.
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Question 297434: Wyatt is diving from 10-meter platform. His hight, H, in meters above the water when he is, X, meters away from the platform is given by the formula, H=-X�+2X+10. Approximately how far away from the platform is he when he enters the water?
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Question 296405: Andy is twice as old as Kate. In 6 years, their ages will total 60. How old is each now
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Question 295011: Melissa's brother is 6 years less than twice her age. The sum of her age and her brother's age is 27. What is her brother's age?
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Question 303623: Sally is eight years older than John. John is fourteen years older than Kareem. If the sum of all three ages is 90, how old is Kareem?
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Question 303717: Today my daughter is 1/3 of my age. Five years ago she was 1/4 of my age then. How old is my daughter now?
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Question 303764: raul is 5 years older than twice carlos' age . the sum of their ages is 101. how old is carlos
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Question 294496: earl is 8 years younger then denise. the sum of their ages is 42. how old is each?
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Question 293725: Josh is 3 years older than her sister. in 22 years time, josh will be 19 years less than twice the age of her sister. How old is Josh now?
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Question 292617: the sum of the ages of mike and dan is 20 years. in 4 years, dan's and will be 3-4 of mikes age.
how old is mike now?
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Question 293535: Jeff is three times as old as his son. Jeff will be twice as old as his son in 13 years. How old is Jeff now
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Question 290047: John is x years old, his sister Mary is 5X-12 years old. If Mary is two times John's age, write an equation in terms of x to find the age of John.
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Question 290929: I was invited to my nieghbor Susan's birthday party, and when I asked how old she now was, she told me this:
When I was one year older than half my husband Mike's age now, he was as old as I was when he was as old as I am now.
When I was three-quarters as old as Mike is, he was as old as I will be when he is 13 years older than I am now.
What are Susan's and Mike's ages now?
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Question 290045: In two years from today Lincoln will be two years from being twice as old as his sister Ashlyn.
The sum of Lincoln's age and four times Ashlyn's age is 84. How old is Ashlyn today?
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Question 289891: Rose has four children. She had her first when she was 20, and each following child was three years away from the previous one. Today, the sum of the children ages is 46. How old is Rose and how old are her each of her children?
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Question 289678: if 3 times dan's age is decreased by 10 more than twice his age, the result is 22. what is his age?
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Question 289660: Frank is 4 times as old as Lin. The difference in their ages is equal to Lin's age plus 8. How old is each?
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Question 281678: a cherry punch is made of 1 part vodka, 2 parts of ice cream, and 3 parts of cherry juice. how many ounces of vodka should be added to make 120 ounces of punch?
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Question 281677: The length of a rectangle is three times the width. If the perimeter is 40m, find the length and width?
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Question 281680: a hockey team played 72 games during the regular season. they won 6 more than twice as many as they lost. how many did they win ?
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Question 281464: in 2 years time i will be 3 times as old as my brother who is now.2. how old i am now?
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Question 281100: A father is four times as old as his daughter is now. In 20 years, he will be only twice as old as his daughter. How old are the father and daughter now?
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Question 284529: paul is 4 years younger than his brother. in four years, paul will be three-fourths as old as his brother. how old are they now?
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Question 283446: Mary is ten years younger than twice Susan's age. Five years from now, Mary will be 8 years older than Susan at that time. How old are Susan and Mary?
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Question 280623: John is twice as old as his sister Mary. Mary's age is 1/6 of the age of her mother. Their mother is 30. How old are John and Mary?
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Question 279502: A says to B I am 5 times as old as you were when I was as old as you e sum of their present ages is 64.find their ages
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Question 280858: What amount of each mixture, one 95% alcohol and the other is 15 % alcohol, must be used to make 10 liters of a mixture which is 45% alcohol?what equation or equations will express this problem?
A. 0.95x + 0.15y = 10
0.45(x+y)= 0.45 * 10
B. 0.95x + 0.15x = 0.45
C. 0.95x + 0.15x(10 - x) = 0.45 * 10
D. x + y = 10
0.45x + 0.95y = 0.45 * 10

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Question 280936: The Half-Life (time to decay to 50% of original amount) of a radioactive element is 20000years. Determine the time to decay to 30% or original amt. (hint: use any intitial quantity. It will end up the same. Use A(t)=A010^kt, where A0 is the initial amount
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Question 275186: can you find a two digit number that is twice as big as tha two digits multiplied together
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