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Question 333422: For the problem I have to solve it says I have to write a system of equations involving two equations in two variables then to solve the system. Here is the problem: Jean is twice as old as Michael. The sum of their ages 3 years ago was 45 years. Find their ages now.
I tried to solve it without the sytem of equations and i got the answer of jean:32 and Michael:16 but then I realized I would get the question wrong if I didn't show the system of equations. Please help me.
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Question 333432: Vanessa is 1 year more than three times the age of Lori. The difference of their ages is 25. How old is Vanessa?
I know the answer, but I dont know how to work it out!! Thanks for your help.
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Question 333436: A mother is 8 times as old as her daughter and 4 times as old as her son. How old is each if the son is 4 years older than the daughter?
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Question 333547: Margaret is 16 years younger than Alice. Alice is 3 times as old as Jonathan. A year ago, Alice's age was twice the sum of Margaret's and Jonathan's ages. How old is Margaret now?
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Question 333707: In a group of five friends, the sums of the ages of each group of four of them are 124, 128, 130, 136, and 142. What is the age of the youngest?
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Question 333745: My algebra teacher gave us this problem, I don't know how to start solving it. Please help me.
Marty is 1/3 as old as her mother. Five years ago she was only 1/5 of the age of her mother. How old is Marty?
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Question 333772: 2 yrs. ago a man's age was 3 times the square of his son's age . 3 yrs. hence his age will be 4 times his son's age. Find their present ages
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Question 333937: Four years ago Tarick was three years older than twice Deonte's age then. Six years from now the sum of their ages will be 39. Find the difference in their present ages.
*****I have tried solving this word problem several times but I am not getting the correct answer. (I already know the answer, I just need a little help solving it) My teacher gave the answer 25/3. I can't solve it to get that answer. I think I'm just not setting it up correctly or I'm confused by the wording of the question.*****
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Question 334097: dad is seven times as old as his son. 10 years later, he will be three times as old as his son. find their ages.
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Question 334275: In 2 years, David will be twice as old as he was 5 years ago. How old is he now?
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Question 334808: the sum of two numbers is 84,and one of them is 12 more than the other.what are the two numbers?
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Question 334856: Plz help me...
Father's age is three years more than three times the
son's age.After three years, father's age will be ten years more
than twice the son's age.What is the father's present age.
ANS:
I tried it like dis
let son's age be x and father's be y
So,from Ist condition v have
y=3x+3
and second we have
y+3=2(3x+3)+10
I dont know where i m getting wrong.
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Question 334997: Five years ago, John was three times older than Jack. Today, John is just twice as old as Jack. How old is John today? How old was Jack 5 years ago?
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Question 334066: the ages of two people has the ratio of 6:6 and by adding the numbers we get 44,after how many years the ratio would be 8:7?
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Question 335208: Four times Mark's present age is 4 more than eight times what Matt's age was two years ago. Three times Matt's present age is 3 more than twice what Mark's age was 4 years ago. Find their present ages.
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Question 335446: williams uncle is three times as old as william. in 12 years, williams uncle will be exactly twice his age. how old is william now?
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Question 335870: One grandfather has three grandchildren, two of their age difference is 3, eldest child age is 3 times youngest child�s age and eldest child�s age is two times of sum of other two children. What is the age of eldest child?
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Question 335869: Ryan's age can be described as 5 less than 2 times his cousin's age. If his cousin's age is represented by the variable "m", write the algebraic expression representing Ryan's age using "m".
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Question 336059: a father is twice as old as his son. 20 years ago, the age of the father was 12 times the age of the son. the present age of the father is.
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Question 336074: Wess is 18 years older than soron. Wess is 2.5 times as old as Soron. how old is each?
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Question 336107: when maria was born her mother was 24 years old. at present maria's age is 20 percent of her mother age. how old is maria now
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Question 336113: chad has a total of 5 people in his family.
sally is chads twin sister
chads sister hailey is 4 years older than chad
chads mother was 24 when chad was born
chad father is 3 years older than his mother
1.write an expression for each family members age as a function of chads age(x). clearly label each expression. show all work.
2. The average age of the 5 family members is 22. determine the age of chads sister hailey. show or explain all work.
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Question 336555: The sum of the ages of a brother and sister is 29. If four times the brother's age is subtracted from three times the sister's age, the difference is 24.
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Question 336789: The sum of Mary's age and her mother's ages is 36. Mary's mother is five times older than Mary. How old is each person?
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Question 336776: A man age is now his son�s age in reverse. His son was born when he was 45. How old is his son?

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Question 337066: Hi, can I please have your help with the following worded equation?
James is twice as old as Andy. Twelves years ago, James was three times as old. How old are they now?
I just need help getting it into an equation
Thank you
Sally
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Question 337014: Tom is 3 years older than kim. joe is twice as old as tom. their combined age is 53. What is the age of joe?
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Question 337132: The ages of two friends is in the ratio 5:6. After how many years will the ages be in the ratio 7:8
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Question 337123: When u reverse the digits of age of father u will get the age of son. one year ago the age of father was twice that
of son's age. what are the current ages of father and son?

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Question 337407: my mommy is 4 times as old as i am. the sum of our age is 40. how old is mommy?
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Question 337552: The ages of two friends is in the ratio 5:6. After how many years will the ages be in the ratio 7:8?
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Question 338146: Peter and Paul are two friends. The sum of their ages is 35 years. Peter is twice as old as Paul was when Peter was as old as Paul is now. What is the present age of Peter
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Question 338262: "Jim Hart is 5 years younger than Joan Chaput. Five years ago Jim was two-thirds as old as Joan. How old are they?"
here's what I tried to do:
x = joan x-5 = jim... jim 5yrs. ago = x-5-5 joan 5yrs. ago = x-5
x-5-5 = 2/3(x-5)
then I distributed after converting the fraction to a decimal
x-5-5 = .66x - 3.3
then i tried to get the x's together on one side by adding ten to both sides
x = .66x + 6.7
here's where i get stuck,i don't know what to do next... i don't even know if i laid it out right. please help, thanks!

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Question 338409:
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Question 338480: Twins Diana and Riana are each 6 years older than their younger brother Kyle. Together, their three ages total 21 years. How old is Kyle?
I know that K+6 =twins
K=Kyle

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Question 338498: May's age is one year more than twice Bil's age. Eight years ago, the sum of their age in 10 years hence. How old are they now?
let x = age of bil
2x+1 = age of may

......age now / 8 yrs ago
bil / x / x-8
may / 2x+1 / 2x+1-8
i don't know if this is right, but i tried to answer this..
i really don't know what's the next step that i will do..
please help me..
thanks..
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Question 338594: Pablo is riding on a bike course that is 40 miles long. So far, he has ridden 6 miles of the course. What percentage of the course has Pablo ridden so far?
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Question 338555: if 3 times janes age in years is equal to 8 times beths age in years and the difference between their ages is 15 years how old are jane and beth?

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Question 338583: mike's age is 3/4 of mary's age. In 5 years, Mike's age will be 7/9 mary's age, how old is mike now?
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Question 339054: Thomas is 34 years 7 months old. his sister is 2 years and 10 months younger. how old is the brother?
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Question 339652: john is 6 years older than jill 5 years ago john was 3 times as old as jill was then, form equation in x and solve it to find what age jill is now
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