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Question 371633: Jack is 5 years older than his sister Mary. The sum of their ages is 37. How old is Jack. Show your work.
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Question 371633: Jack is 5 years older than his sister Mary. The sum of their ages is 37. How old is Jack. Show your work.
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Question 371506: Jack's grandmother will be six times as old as Jack was last year. If Jack's present age is added to his grandmother's present age, the total is 68. How old is each one now?

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Question 371835: three years ago,jim was three times as old as tom was then.In fie years,jim will be twice as old as tom.how old is each now
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Question 372202: the sum of two brothers ages is 38. one brother is ten years older than the other .how old is each other?

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Question 372269: Boron is 10 years older than his sister.In 3 years, he will be twice as old as she is now.How old are they now?
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Question 372482: Manuel Anselmo 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 he when Andrew was born?
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Question 372488: what is the age of my daughter?
My daughter is twice as old as my son. My wife is three times as old as the sum of the ages of my son and daughter, and I am as old as my wife and my daughter. My mother whose age is the total of all our ages is now 69.
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Question 372903: I am trying to help my 10 year old with some word problems, but they seem vague and i do not want to lead him astray.
"In 6 years Megan will be 3 times as old as David. David is 4 now. How old is Megan?"
Is it asking for Megan's age NOW or 6 years from now? This is what i have come up with before i explain it to him: D=David's Age, M=Megan's Age.
D+6=10 (david's age plus 6years from now) therefore M=(D+6)x3 Megan's age equals Davids age plus 6 years from now three times older so M=30? or is it as easy as, David is 4 and Megan is David times Three, D=4, M=D3(M=4x3), M=12.
The question is exactly off his worksheet. Any help would be appreciated.
bryan.walton@cox.net
Thanks,
Bryan
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Question 372808: Diohantius lived X years. He spent 1/6 of his life in boyhood, and 1/12 of his life as a youth. After 1/7 more of his life passed, he became married. 5 years later, he had a son. The son lived 1/2 as long as Dipohantus, and died 4 years before Diophantus died. How old was Diophantus?
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Question 373374: Mary is 24. she is twice as old as Ana was when Mary as old as Ana is now. How old is Ana?
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Question 374044: Solve this system of equations using the elimination method:
3a-3b=-15
-3a-3b=-3

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Question 374041: 10. Jennifer is twice as old as Ramon. The sum of their ages 7 yrs ago was 13. How old are they now?
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Question 374040: 10. Jennifer is twice as old as Ramon. The sum of their ages 7 yrs ago was 13. How old are they now?

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Question 374787: 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?
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Question 375011: Bill is 6 years older than Tom. Three years ago, Bill's age was four times Tom's age. What are the boys ages now? How do I write this in a single variable equation? I have tried and I have gotten this wrong on two different quizzes, so I am curious what the correct answer is?
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Question 374630: A girl is 6 years younger than her oldest brother. The product of their ages is 135. Find their ages.
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Question 375328: jamil is 3/8 of Ajmal's age, if Jamil is 15 how old is Ajmal
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Question 375336: 3/4n=7/8
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Question 375389: Difference between the ages of two brothers is 8yrs. 2 yrs ago the average of their age is 20. What is the current age of the elder brother?
Please guide me in sloving the sum....im very weak im maths. . but if i get the concepts right...i can do well...please guide me and give me tips as to slove problem ser.
Thanks in advance.
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Question 375745: John is 3 years older than Sam. The product of their ages is 54. Find their ages
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Question 375744: mother's age is 2 more than 5 times the age of her daughter now. two years ago, she was 7 times as old as her daughter. how old are they now?
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Question 375809: in four years, cindy's age will be the same as tina's age now. in 2 year,tina will be twie as old as cindy. find the age of cindy in 3 years.
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Question 375808: 3 years ago, larry was twice as old as ben. three years from now hewill be 1 1/2 times as old as ben. how old is each?

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Question 375807: a man is 32 years old while his son is 8 years old,in how many years so that the man will be twice as old as his son.
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Question 375807: a man is 32 years old while his son is 8 years old,in how many years so that the man will be twice as old as his son.
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Question 375806: mother is 4 times as old as MAy. 5 years ago, she was 7 times as old as may. how old is each 2 years from now.
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Question 375765: The difference between the ages of two of my three grandchildren is 3. My eldest grandchild is three times older than the age of my youngest grandchild and my eldest grandchild�s age is two years more than the ages of my two youngest grandchildren added together. How old is my eldest grandchild?
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Question 376032: Peter is three times as old as Will. When Will will be twice as old now, Peter will be 72 years old. How old is Peter?
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Question 376021: Once pet's age was 2 times Paul�s age. But at that time pet's age= Paul�s current age . Sum of their present ages is 40. How old is pet now?
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Question 376048: a man's age and his son's age add to 45years five years ago. the man was 6 times as old as his son. how old was the man when the son was born?
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Question 376239: In 1 year's time, Mrs Farmer will be twice as old as she was 10 years ago. How old is she?

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Question 376363: Find the value of 9w + l given that -4w-5 = 3
Simplify your answer as much as possible
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Question 376364: Solve the inequality for t.
22 < t -3
Simplify your answer as much as possible.
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Question 376418: Claire is twice as old as her brother Derek. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages was 46. How old is each now?
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Question 376446: A mother is 28 years older than her son,the mother's age is 10 years more than twice her son's age.what are their ages.
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Question 377429: The music teacher is three times as old as Walt. In 12 years, she will be twice as old as Walt. How old is Walt?
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Question 377444: Dalton's age is half of Chen's. In 10 years Chen's age will be three times what Dalton's was 5 years ago. What are their ages?
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Question 377499: Together, Jareds age and his grandfather age total 100 But Jared's grandfather is 70 years older than him. How old is Jared's grandfather?
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Question 377791: Anna is 6 and her mother is #4. How long will it be before her mother is twice as old as she is?
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Question 377852: sue and david are siblings their combined age is 22 sue is four years old than david how old are sue and david
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Question 377856: Ben is seven years younger than Mary. Five years ago their ages totaled 25. How old is each now?
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Question 378021: Paul is half as old as his father. Next year their ages will total 62. How is each now?

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Question 378023: 12 year old ben's grandfather is 66. How many years ago was his grandfather 10 times older than ben?
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