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Question 350259: I am six years older than my brother. There was a time when I was twice as old as he was. What was
his age when I was twice as old?
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Question 350468: The sum of linda's and steve's ages is 113. Steve is 11 years older than linda. How old is linda and how old is steve?
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Question 350507: jane and cindy are sisters. jane is 6 years older than cindy. the sum of their ages is 28. how old is jane? how old is cindy?
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Question 350729: 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?
This is a multiple choice question, and I have tried to solve to get the answer, but it didn't appear on the sheet. Here is what I did:
(6+x) + (11+x) = 41
17 + 2x = 41
2x = 24
x = 12 ? Is this correct?
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Question 350766: THE AGES OF THREE BROTHERS ARE CONSECUTIVE *EVEN* INTEGERS. THE SUM OF THEIR AGES IS 54. HOW OLD IS EACH OF THE BROTHERS?
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Question 350766: THE AGES OF THREE BROTHERS ARE CONSECUTIVE *EVEN* INTEGERS. THE SUM OF THEIR AGES IS 54. HOW OLD IS EACH OF THE BROTHERS?
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Question 350802: WORD PROBLEM:
PLS. HELP ME SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU.
PROBLEM 1. When A and B both work, they can paint a certain house in 8 days. Also, they could paint this house if A worked 12 days and B worked 6 days. How long would it take to paint the house alone?
Problem 2: Workmen A and B complete a certain job if they work together in 6 days, or if A works for 12 days and B works for 3 days. How long would it take each man, alone, to complete the job?
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Question 350819: Sam said to his friend :two days ago Kate was still 10. Her 13th birthday will be next year: when is Kate's birthday
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Question 350793: six years ago Jun was 4 times as old as Joan. In four years, he would be twice as old as Joan. How old are they now?
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Question 351456: mark is 4 years younger than his sister. six years ago marks sister was 5 times his age at that time. How old are Mark and his sister now
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Question 351523: Monica is one year older than twice her sister's age. The difference of their ages is 18. Find theor present ages.
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Question 351528: pls. help me solve this problem
thank you.
prob 1. A boat goes 6 miles downstream in a river in 30 minutes and returns upstream in 45 minutes. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the current.
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Question 351520: Emerald is 5 years older than Sapphire. Ruby is twice as old as Sapphire. The sum of the three ages is 65. How old is each?
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Question 351462: find four consecutive even integers where three times the first is ten more than twice the last
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Question 351463: Luke has $1.65 in his pocket in nickles and quarters. He has 13 coins (nickles and quarters) HOw many nickles does Luke have and How many quarters?
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Question 352076: The sum of Alex's age and that of his father is 56. Three years before, Alex's age was a third of his father's age. In how many years Alex's age will be one third that of his father's age?
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Question 352083: Rosa's age is twice Rod's age and Lily's age is 5 years younger than Rosa. The sum of Rosa's and Rod's age is 3 less than twice Lily's age. Find the ages of the three.
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Question 352321: Kayla is 12 year old. This is three years less than one-third her father's age. How old is her father?
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Question 352419: Adam is 5 years younger than Eve. In 1 year, Eve will be 3 times as old as Adam was 4 years ago. Find their ages now.
Thanks for your help!
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Question 352560: if peter is 7 years older than sharon and john is twice as old as peter, work out how old peter is if the average of their ages is 19
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Question 352560: if peter is 7 years older than sharon and john is twice as old as peter, work out how old peter is if the average of their ages is 19
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Question 352584: Moe is 6 times Curley's age. If the difference inthei ages is 20 years, how old is Moe?
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Question 352584: Moe is 6 times Curley's age. If the difference inthei ages is 20 years, how old is Moe?
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Question 352585: Jim and Al sold a total of 600 hotodgs in a month. If Jim sold 5 times as many as Al. How much did each sell?
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Question 352585: Jim and Al sold a total of 600 hotodgs in a month. If Jim sold 5 times as many as Al. How much did each sell?
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Question 353094: My house is three times as old as my car. In another three years it will be twice as old as my car.
How old is my car?
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Question 353246: Sarah is 3 times as old as Rob. their ages together add up to 16. how old is Sarah?
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Question 353466: Grace is twice as old as Tim. Ten years ago, she was 4 times as old as Tim. How old is each now?
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Question 353507: Nathan is 8 years older than Steven. Steven is 3 years older than Megan. Megan is 11 years younger than Nathan. The sum of their ages is 65. How old is Megan?
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Question 353836: If Jay is 12 years old and Tom is 4 years old. How many years will it be before Tom is 1/2 of Jay's age?
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Question 353889: If I have been working at my job for 1/4 of my life, how long will it be until I had been working in my job for 1/3 of my life?
I think the answer is 1/8th of my life more but I can figure out how I got this answer other than guess and check. Could you help me? Thank you
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Question 354104: 25 years ago, Hailey was five more than one-third as old as Jason was. Today, Jason is twenty six less than two times the age of Hailey. How old is Jason?
How do I figure this out.
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Question 354226: The sum of the ages of a father and son is 46 years. In 2 years, the son will be one-fourth as old as the father. What is the father's age now?
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Question 354254: In 1992 the life expectancy of males in a certain country was 67.2 years. In 1997 it was 69.7 years. Let E represent the life expectancy in year t and let t represent the number of years since 1992. The linear function E(t) that fits the data is: E(t)=__t+__ (fill in blanks)
Use the function to predict the life expectancy of males in 2007. E(15)=__
PLEASE HELP!!! I have a final due tonight :(
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Question 354372: how do you solve: the sum of 4 times lisa's age and 7 times janes age is 169. jane is 1 year more than twice as old as lisa is. find each of their ages
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Question 354392: A mother is five times as old as her son If twice the age of the son is 3 years less than half of the age of the mother how old are they?
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Question 354400: jon is 8 years old. mr dawson is 5 times older than jon in how many years will mr dawson be 3 times as old as jon ???
Thankss ! please helpp!
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Question 354474: Ruth is twice as old as Pat. In 4 years Ruth will be three times as old as Pat was 3 years ago. How old is each now?
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Question 354376: A mother is five times as old as her son If twice the age of the son is 3 years less than half of the age of the mother how old are they
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Question 354505: my mother is three times as old as i am. if she is 24 years older than me, what are our ages?
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Question 354873: The sum of the ages of Bob and Sue is 11. In 2 years bob will be twice as old as Sue. Find their present ages. Help please....
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Question 354857: 6 years ago ellie was 1/3rd as old as she is today how old was she 6 years ago
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Question 354897: michael is twice as old as maggie. nine years ago, michael was 5 times as old as maggie. how old is each now?
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