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Question 366317: I have two children. The sum of their ages = 30. The product of their ages = 224. How do I set this up as an 4 square problem to figure the ressults.
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Question 366492: In 1995 the life expectancy of males in a certain country was 64.7 years. In 2000, it was 68.0 years. Let E represent the life expectancy in year t and let t represent the number of years since 1995.
The linear function E(t) that fits the data is
E(t)=
Use the function to predict the life expectancy of males in 2003.
E(8)=

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Question 366640: Erica and Rachel are both 90 years old. Breena, on the other hand, is half again as old as she was when she was half again as old as she was when she lacked five years of being half as old as she is now. How old is Breena?
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Question 366917: In 15 years, Maya will be twice as old as David is now. In 15 years, David will be as old as Maya will be 10 years from now. How old are they now?
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Question 366847: Bob�s mother called her brother and reported that Bob�s football team held the other team scoreless and made all its points on the touchdowns (6 points) and field goals (3 points), missing every point after the touchdown kick. She told him that the final score was 43�0. Her brother told her that this couldn�t be the correct score. How did he know?
Please help I do not even know who to start this one and it is due on Sunday.
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Question 366993: Peter and Paul are two friends. The sum of their ages is 30 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 367016: pete is 35 and his son is 9. In how many years exactly will pete be three times olders than his son?
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Question 367557: Pat is 34 years older than his son Patrick. In 3 years, the sum of their ages will be 90. How old are they now?
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Question 367982: 17 years ago I was half the age I am now. How old am I?
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Question 368114: A man passed one sixth of his life in childhood, one twelfth in youth, and one seven more as a bachelor. Five years after his marriage, a son was born who died four years before his father at half his father's final age. What was the man's final age?
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Question 368622: Louise is 26 years older than her daughter. Louise's age is two more than four times her daughter's age. How old is her daughter?"
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Question 368622: Louise is 26 years older than her daughter. Louise's age is two more than four times her daughter's age. How old is her daughter?"
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Question 368928: Chris is six years older than Cathy. In two years, Chris will be twice as old as Cathy. Find their ages in five years from now
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Question 368933: Grace is 8 years older than her brother Sam. The sum of their ages is 24. How old is Grace?

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Question 369130: 2x � y = 8,
y = 5x + 3
Solve using the elimination method.
I dont get this
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Question 369136: Solve using the elimination method.
y=4x-1,
y=-2/3x-1
can some one walk me htrough this and show me how to do this
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Question 369131:
8x + 6y = −15,
5x −3y = 8
Solve using the elimination method.
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Question 369452: mr. santos is 25years older than his son. how old is each, if the father is five years more than three times as old as his son?
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Question 369450: 8 years ago, Jimmy was 3 times as old as Anne. In 4 years, Jimmy will be 3/2 of Anne's age. What is each ages?
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Question 369458: Manuel is ten times older than his son, Andrew. In 20 years, Manuel's age will be 4 more than twice Andrew's age. How old was Manuel when Andrew was born??
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Question 369466: ONE-SIXTH OF A DENTIST'S AGE 8 YEARS AGO EQUALS ONE-TENTH OF HIS AGE 8 YEARS HENCE. WHAT IS HIS AGE NOW?
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Question 369484: the sum of william's age and fred's age is 20 years. William's age 1 year from now will be 9 times fred's age 1 year ago. Find the present age of each
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Question 369479: Lolo fred is 66 yrs. old and his eldest granddaughter is 28. When will lolo fred be twice as old as his eldest granddaughter?
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Question 369533: Three brothers have ages that are consecutive odd integers. The difference between the age of the oldest and twice the age of the youngest is twenty-four less than the middle brother�s age. Find their ages.
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Question 369697: THE SUM OF THE AGES OF A CHINA PLATE AND A GLASS PLATE IS 16 YEARS. FOUR YEARS AGO, THE CHINA PLATE WAS THREE TIMES THE AGE OF THE GLASS PLATE WAS THEN. FIND THE PRESENT AGE OF EACH PLATE.
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Question 369741: Sara is 6 years older than 3 times the age of her son Tom. The difference in Sara's age and Tom's age is 28 years. How old is Tom?
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Question 369853: In 1979 an old woman tells her grandchild that she was (n) years old in the year (n)2, or n squared. When was she born?
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Question 369993: What is Ann's present age if in 20 years, she will be three times as old as she now?
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Question 370019: Mary is now three as old as susan. Three years ago, the sum of their ages was 22. How old is susan now?
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Question 370006: Mr. and Mrs. Wang are both 40 years old. They have a pair of twin daughters and a son. The product of the ages of the children is 36. Find the possible ages of the children.
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Question 370109: Solve: 3 pt 1 c + 4 pt 1 c =
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Question 370193: How do you work this problem out? A wise man once said, "400 reduced by 3 times my age is 197." What is his age?
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Question 370338: Elsie is twelve years older than her brother Andy. Four years from now, Andy will be 2/3 as old as Elsie. How old are they now ?
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Question 370346: There are 3 children, the sum of their ages is 38. when Peter the youngest was born, Laura the oldest was 6 years old. Lola will be 20 in eight years.
How old are the children now?
plz
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Question 370367: Lulu is three yrs. older than Pearl. In 4 yrs. time, Lulu will be twice as old as Pearl was 3 yrs. ago. Find pearl's age.
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Question 370363: Use RESCA:
Lulu is three yrs. older than Pearl. In 4 yrs. time, Lulu will be twice as old as Pearl was 3 yrs. ago. Find pearl's age.
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Question 370552: May is M years old now. Six years ago, April was four less than thrice May's age then. Find April's present age.
(Translating Word Phrases into Mathematical Expression)
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Question 370657: elsie is twelve years old than her brother andy. four years from now andy will be two third as old as elsie. how old are they now?

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Question 370662: Alice can paint the house in 5 hours, and Bob can paint it in 7 hours. How long will it take them if they work together?
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Question 370661: Henry can paint the house in 4 hours, and Claude can paint the house in 3 hours. How long would it take the two of them to do the job together?
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Question 370663: anna is now four times as old as her brother jong. in four years, anna's age will be twice as jong's age then. how old is each now

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Question 370659: Two years ago John was three times as old as Frank. Five years from now John will be twice as old as Frank. What is the sum of their ages right now?

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Question 370660: Traveling from Los Angeles to San Diego, Peter drove 30 miles at 30 miles per hour, 35 miles at 70 miles per hour, and 40 miles at 60 miles per hour. What was his average speed for the whole trip?
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Question 370931: jack is 4 years older than twice his sister's age.in 4 years time he will be 11 years older than her. how old is joseph now?
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