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Question 321752: Mrs. West is 14 years younger than her aunt. If Mrs. West's age in years is as much below 60 as her aunt's age is over 40, how old is each?
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Question 321921: Sol is twice as old as Lee. The sum of their ages seven years ago was 13. How old are they now?
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Question 321958: Please help me solve this word problem, thanks:

Mary is 3 times as old as her son. In 12 years Mary's age will be one year less than twice her sons age. How old is Mary?
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Question 322264: Today Tom is twice as old as Mary. If Tom was 11 three years ago, how old will Marry be when Tom is 20?
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Question 322312: Hi, Ive been given a question. "Twelve years ago Jack was five times as old as Jill. In three years time Jill will be half of Jack's age. What are Jack and Jill's present ages?"
I've tried heaps of different equations with no luck so far.
If Jack = y and Jill = x I have been using the following -
y = 5x - 12
x = y/x + 3
So I go x = (5x - 12)/x + 3
I've tried several others I just can't figure it out. Becoming really frustrating and a push in the right direction would be hugely helpful! :)
Thanks!
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Question 322626: If Julia were ten more that two times her present age , she will be four times as old as she was four years ago . How old is she now .

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Question 322804: PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM !!!=[
timmy is 4 years old.Janet is 3 times as old as timmy.when timmy turns 12,how old will janet be ?
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Question 322912: can u help me in age problems? can you send me some problems and the solutions on the answer? thank you!
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Question 323329: 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?
I am having a difficult time with setting up the equation due to the fractions. Any and all help will be appreciated. Thank you.
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Question 323625: Karen is five years younger than Susan. Three years ago, the sum of their ages was 11. How old are they now?
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Question 323929: Robert is 4/5 as old as Joel. Four years ago, he was 3/4 as old as Joel, how old are they now?
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Question 323926: Jessy is 9 years old this year, her sister is 16 years old. In 7 years' time, how many years will her sister be older than Jessy?
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Question 323937: grace is four times as old as vicky. five yrs ago, vicky was thirty yrs younger than grace. find their ages.
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Question 323957: Mary is presently twice as old as Maggy. Ten years ago, Maggy's age was one-third of Mary's then. Ten years from now, Maggy's age will be three-fifths of Mary's age then. How old is each?
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Question 324027: Carla is four times her daughter's age. In 30 years, her daughter will be half as old as Carla. How old is Carla and her daughter now?
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Question 324204: In 10 years time the total ages for two brothers and two sisters will be 100.
What will the total be in 7 years time?

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Question 324356: the sum of the ages of father and son is 55 years.after 16 years the father will be twice as old as his son, what are their present ages?
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Question 324355: six years ago i was three times as old as my brother and now i am twice as old; find our present ages?
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Question 324354: six years ago i was three times as old as my brother and now i am twice as old; find our present ages?
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Question 324354: six years ago i was three times as old as my brother and now i am twice as old; find our present ages?
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Question 324437: In a film, actor Charles Coburn plays an elderly "uncle" character criticized for marrying a woman when he is 3 times her age. He wittingly replies, "Ah, but in 20 years time I shall only be twice her age." How old is the "uncle" and his wife at the present time?
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Question 324481: Five years ago father's age was seven times his sons age. Ten years hence their ages will be in the ratio of 5 : 2. Find their present ages
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Question 324608: When the notary public asked Olivia her age, Olivia answered, "I am twice as old as my sister Amy. Amy is one-fifth as old as my father. My father is sixty-five years old."How old is Olivia?

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Question 324699: Bill is one year less than twice as old as his sister Caroline. The total of their ages is 26. How old is Bill?
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Question 324842: Calculate the percentage for the number of students who received A's, B's, and C's
Total number of students = 50
13 earned A's
33 earned B's
4 earned C's

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Question 291363: a corporate software development firm has a staff of online support technicians available 24 hours hours a day. they advertise that one of the advantages of using their company is that the ratio of accounts-to-support technicians is 5:1.
This year they have eight technicians on staff and each technician is fully saturated with accounts

A. How many accounts does the company support at this time?
b. the company is projecting a 20% growth each year for the next four years. How many technicians should the company's Human resource manager plan to hire in each of the next four years.
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Question 325325: the couple has a son and a daughter. the age of the father is threee times that of his daughters age the age of son is half of his mother. the wife is 9 years younger to her husband and the brother is 7 years older then than his sister. what is the age of the mother?

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Question 325338: Alvin's father is seven times as old as him. One year ago, he was nine times as old as Alvin. Find Alvin's present age.
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Question 325233: Please solve these problems
Solve: 3(x − 1) − (x + 5) = 2
Mike is six less than three times his daughter's age. Mike is 36; how old is his daughter?
In a certain county, the number of Charter Schools is ten less than twice the number of Alternative Schools. We know that there are 46 Charter Schools in the county. How many Alternative Schools are in the county?
The formula for degrees Celsius is: C = (F − 32), where F stands for degrees Fahrenheit.
Part 1: Solve the formula for F. Show all steps.
Part 2: Determine how many degrees Fahrenheit 4 degrees Celsius is.

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Question 325503: James� Burger and Shakes first opened in 1950 selling hamburgers for $0.25. In 2010, the price of a burger was now $3.25.
On average, how much did the price of a burger increase per year?
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Question 325638: Six years ago, Rose was four times as old as her daughter. Ten years from now, she will be only twice as old. Find the present age of Rose.
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Question 326171: Clyd's age is 5 years more than twice Bonnie's age. If the product of their ages is 105, how old is Clyde?
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Question 326275: 1.four less than the product of a number and three
2.the quotient when eight is divided by twice a number
3.the square of the sum of a number and three
4.five more than the reciprocal of a number
5.Carl is A years old. His sister Jenny is six more than twice his age. What is the average of their ages.
6.The base and height of a triangle are consecutive odd integers, and the height exceeds the base. If the base is B cm, find the area of the triangle
7.At 2:00 P.M. a train left a station traveling east at r mi/h at 3:00 P.M a second train headed west from the station at a rate 20mi/h faster than the first. How far apart were the trains at 5:00 P.M.
8. Seth sold 16 tickets to a school play. of these, a were adults tickets at $ 3.75 each. the rest were children's tickets at $ 2.50 each. How much money did Seth collect?
9. IN triangle ABC, the measure of angle A is four times that of angle B. In addition, the measure of angle C is 15 degrees less than half the measure of angle A
10. Carlos worked twice as many hours as Alan on Monday. After each boy worked nine more hours on Tuesday, the sum of their hours was three times the number of hours that Carlos worked on Monday.
11. A class contributed $27.50 in dimes and quarters to a local charity. There were 143 coins in all.
12. Two planes took off from a Chicago airport flying in opposite directions. One plane traveled 30 mi/h faster than the other. They were 1500 miles apart after 2 hours.
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Question 326721: A woman's age is three times her daughters age. In ten years, she will only be twice her daughters age. What are their present ages?
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Question 327030: a son is 16 years old and his father is 32 years older than he is. how old is his father now.
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Question 327021: a is 4 yrs old and b is thrice a when a is 12 yrs how old will b be?
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Question 327248: Darren said, "When I add 2 times my age 2 years from now to 3 times my age 3 years from now, I get 6 times my current age. How old will he be 2 years from now?.
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Question 327321: WHEN I ADD 4 TIMES MY AGE 4 YEARS FROM NOW TO 5 TUMES MY AGE 5 YEARS NOW,I GET 10 TIMES MY CURRENT AGE.HOW OLD WILL I BE 3 YEARS FRIM NOW?
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Question 327331: Bill is 6 years younger than his brother Ted. Ed is two years younger than Bill. The sum of the boys' ages is 40. Find Ed's age.
I have tried Ed=x, Ted=y, Bill=x-6 than setting up a system of equation? 2x+y-6=40? I am so confused

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Question 327365: 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 327365: 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 327472: A town has a population growth rate of 10% per year. The population in 1990 was 2000. What was the population in 1992 ?

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Question 327493: What would be the next number in this series:
32 ... 36 ... 9 ... 12 ... 4 ... 6 ... ?

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Question 327498: If 7 ballerinas dance for 8 hours and lose a total of 20 pounds,
how many more ballerinas dancing would it take to lose a total
of 20 pounds in only 4 hours if the new dancers lost weight only
half as fast as the original 7 ?

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Question 327638: in 3 years,alex will be 3 times as old as his sisters precy.a year ago,alex was 7 times as old as precy.how old are they now?
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