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Question 316193: Sandy purchased 3 pairs of shorts, 5 shirts, and 2 pairs of sandals. Which of the following expressions represents the number of different outfits consisting of 1 pair of shorts, 1 shirt, and 1 pair of sandals?
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Question 315423: Yoshi +12 years = her sister's age.
6 years from now the sum of their ages will equal 32.
What is Yoshi's present age?
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Question 315484: tom is 8 years old. sidd is 5 years younger than tom .how old is sidd?
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Question 278524: the sum of the ages of jasmine and her mother is 100. thir years ago jasmine's mother was 9 times as old as jasmine was then. how old is jamine now?
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Question 316425: lea is 6 years older than sue,but jon is 5 years older than lea, and their ages equal 41, how old is sue?
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Question 316496: Make a crown of gold, copper, tin, and iron weighing 60 minae: gold and copper shall be two-thirds of it; gold and tin three-fourths of it; and gold and iron three-fifths of it: Find the weights of gold, copper, tin and iron required.
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Question 316498: The sum of two numbers is 5 times their difference. If one exceeds the other by 7, what are the numbers?
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Question 316518: Separate 100 into two parts so that one part is 3 times the other.
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Question 316528: The sum of 2 numbersa is 41. The larger number is more than 4 times the smaller number. What are these numbers
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Question 316689: Dan is three times as old as Sam. In 5 years Dan will be two times as old as Sam will be in 5 years. How old is each now?
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Question 316689: Dan is three times as old as Sam. In 5 years Dan will be two times as old as Sam will be in 5 years. How old is each now?
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Question 316919: Bruce Gerlinger is a pickpocket who has spent 3/5 of his life in jail. He is there currently, with 2 more years to serve. If at the end of those 2 years he stays out of jail entirely for as many years as he will have spent in jail, he will be 44 years old. How old is he now?
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Question 316850: There were three brothers. Fernando was two years older than Pedro. Pedro was two years older than Samuel. Together their ages add up to 63 years. How old is Samuel?
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Question 317263: ann is 7/10 of bob's age. in 4 years and will be 8/11 of bob's age. How old is Bob now?
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Question 317079: Kimberly is twice as old as ryan. in 4 years she will be 7 years older than ryan. how old is kimberly now?
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Question 317292: Sarah's age is five less than twice her sister's age. Sarah is 15 years old. Can you help me set this problem up?
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Question 317180: Jill's present age is three times her sister's age two years ago. If Jill is 18 years old, how old is her sister now?
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Question 317718: sue is now 7 times as old as louis. in 6 yearss, sue will be 5 times as old a louis. can you help me find the present age for both sue and louis
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Question 317751: Sue is now seven times as old as louise. in six years, sue will be five times as old as louise. find the present age of each one
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Question 318154: Currently Tom is 10 years older than Mike. In 5 years the sum of their ages will be 44. How old are Tom and Mike currently?
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Question 318273: if father's age is three times his son's age, ten years ago he was five times his son's age. find their present ages?
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Question 318329: My son is seven times older than my grandson and I am 12 times older than my grandson. If you add all our ages together, the sum is 100 years. Can you tell me my age in years?
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Question 318498: One year from today, Amy will be two-thirds as old as Ann. Five years from today; Amy will be four-fifths as old as Ann. How old is Amy today?
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Question 318601: The sum of the ages of Joe and Jim is 28. Seven years from now, Joe will be twice Jim's age. What is Joe's present age?

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Question 318909: jan is twice as old as juwan, and rick is 5 years older than jan. if the sum of their ages is 35 years, find each of their ages
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Question 318909: jan is twice as old as juwan, and rick is 5 years older than jan. if the sum of their ages is 35 years, find each of their ages
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Question 319118: john can type a 40, page document in 24 minutes, susan can type it in 30 minutes, jack can type it in 24. working together, how much time will it take them to type the same document?
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Question 319117: In his pocket a boy has 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles and 4 green marbles. How many will he have to take out of his pocket to ensure he has taken out atleast one of every color?
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Question 319431: Help me please! The total height of a building and the flagpole on the roof is 230 feet. The building is 9 times as high as the flagpole. How high is the flagpole?
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Question 319636: a son is half as old as his father.12 years ago the son was one third as old as his father. how is each now?
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Question 319713: Man is five times older than his son. Four years ago he was nine times older than his son. Find thier present ages.
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Question 320655: in 2 years time susan will be twice the age since she was 5yrs ago how old is she now?
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Question 320713: jerry was 1/3 as young as his granpa 15 years ago. if the sum of their ages is 110, how old is his grandpa?
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Question 320793: Mary is 20 and Betty is 53, at what age would Betty be when she is three times older than Mary.
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Question 320714: jerry was 1/3 as young as his grandpa 15 years ago. if the sum of their ages is 110, how old is his granpa?
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Question 320772: A man and his brother have a combined age of 41 years. 3 years ago, the man was 6 times as old as his brother. how old is the man? and how old is the brother?
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Question 320746: Reggie is three less than four times his daughter's age. Reggie is 69; how old is his daughter?
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Question 320970: A father is twice as old as his son. Ten years ago he was three times as old as his son.
a) If the son is x years old, determine the age of the father in terms of x.
b) Find the ages of the father and son ten years ago in terms of x.
c) What are their present ages.
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Question 321138: My mother is 4 years younger than my father. My father is 32 years older than my
brother Mathew. I am 21 years old and I am 3 years older than Mathew. How old is my mother?
A) 46 B) 44 C) 45 D) 47 E) 50
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Question 321064: Jakathy is 32 years older than her nephew, Eric. Five years ago, her age was seventeen times as old as his. What is Jakathy's age?
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Question 321180: Bill is 1 less twice the age of his sister the *total* age of both is 26 how old is Bill?
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Question 321209: Babu's age is three times his son's age.Ten years ago he was five times his son's age.Find their present age.
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Question 321615: carla is four times her daughter's age. in thirty years her daughter will be half as old as carla. how old is carla and her daughter now?
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Question 321555: The son is 23 years younger than the mother. In seven years, the mother will be twice as old as the daughter. How old is each now?
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