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Question 378029: Jay's father is twice as old as Jay. In 20 years Jay will be 2/3 as old as his father. How old is Jay and his father now?
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Question 378027: Paul is 8, exactly 1/4 as old as his father. In how many years will Paul be half as old as his father?
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Question 378112: John was 10 years older than Jane 10 years ago. Jim was 5 years younger than John 10 years ago. If Jane is 25 now what is the present age of John and Jim?
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Question 378025: Betty is 12, exactly one third as old as her father. in how many years will she be half as old as he is?Betty is 12, exactly one third as old as her father. in how many years will she be half as old as he is?
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Question 378124: i want to know how to add and subtract integers only!
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Question 378144: In eight years, Barry will be two times as old as he is now. How old is he now?
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Question 378241: The ratio between the ages of the two suspects is 6:5 and the sum of their ages is 55 years. After how many years will the ratio be 8:7.?
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Question 378711: Tania is as twice as old as Anna. The sum of their ages is 51. how old is Tania?
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Question 378904: The square of Janes age 6 years ago is equal to her age in six years time. Find her present age?
Thank you.
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Question 379067: jim is 3 years older than his sister kim theirs ages add up to 13
how old is jim and how old is kim
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Question 379108: Sams mom is three times his age. If the sum of their ages is 84, then what are their ages?
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Question 379155: Aunt is 7 years younger than uncle and ages total 71. I was thinking A + B - 7 = 71. I added 7 to each side to make it A + B = 71 + 7. A + B = 78. divided 78 by two to make 39 and then subtracted the 7 from 39 to make 32. so one is 32 and one is 39 and it totals 71 but I am thinking that I am making more work than necessary?
this is a 4th grade problem and we are just starting.
thank you
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Question 379352: Three years from now, Bob will be three times as old as he was three years ago. How old is Bob now?
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Question 379759: A Man is now 3 times as old as his son. He was 30 Years old when the son was born. How old is the son now?
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Question 380072: Sarah is two thirds as old as her cousin. The sum of their ages is 45. How old are Sarah and her cousin?
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Question 381460: RAM , six years old, is twice as old as his brother. How old will RAM be when he is one and a half times as old as his brother?
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Question 381741: how do you solve a question like: brian is 26 years older than his daughter kim. the sum of their ages is twice the difference of their ages. find their ages.
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Question 381909: working together 2 people can finish the job in 9 hours. One of the workers can do it 3 hours faster then other. how long would it take each person to do that job if they worked separately
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Question 381919: Can you guide me through this age problem that requires two variable"Mrs. Bruce lacks one year from being five times as old as her son. Five years from now she will lack One year from being 3 time as old as her son will be then.Find each of their ages"
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Question 382047: Can you please help me with this problem?
Myrna is 27 years older than her son.
A year ago, she was twice as old as him.
how old is Myrna now?
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Question 382438: chrissy is 25 years older than her dog. the sum of their ages is 37. how old is the dog? i have 37-25= 12 but the answer is 6. What did i miss? thank you.
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Question 382830: 5 years ago, my brother was exactly twice the age i was then. And in eight year's time, the combined age of two of us will be 50. How old do u think i am?
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Question 383287: Timothy�s age in 9 years will be three times what it was 11 years ago. How old is Timothy now?
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Question 383330: How many years does it take a 25 year old to be 3 times the age of a 13 year old
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Question 383490: Please help me solve this word problem: Formulas: y=be^rt; A=P(1+(r/n)^nt
George has $65 to invest. a. The bank gives him 8.2% continuous interest, how long will it take for George to accrue $100? b. At 7.6% interest compound monthly, how much money will George have in 12 years?
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Question 383788: Dr.Thomas McKay lived 3/13 of his life as a child.He spent 4/39 of his life preparing for his outstanding medical career.For 1/2 of his life, he was a very successful surgeon in a famous children's hospital.Since his retirement,he has lived 13 years on a comfortable pension.How old is he now?
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Question 383844: Diane is 3 times as old as sydney and Josh is 16 years younger than Diane. One year ago, Diane was twice the sum of syndent and Josh age. Find their present ages.
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Question 383858: If Emma is 5 years older than 6 times Josh's age. And Emma is 29 years old.
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Question 383801: michelle is 19 years older than her brother doug. 6 years fro now, michelle will be twice as old as doug. how old is each person now?
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Question 383857: The time T necessary to make an enlargement of a photo negative varies directly as the area A of the enlargement. If 84 seconds are required to make a 3-by-4 enlargement, find the time required for a 7-by-6 enlargement.

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Question 383843: If 3 servings of macaroni and chesse costs $0.99, how much will it cost to serve 200 people?
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Question 383979: Tom is 6 times as old as Todd. In 3 years Tom's age will be 33 years more than 2 times as old as Todd. How old is Tom?
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Question 384014: A man is 25 years old when his daughter is born. How many years later will the daughter's age be half the father's age?
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Question 384180: Cassidy is 3 times as old as drew. In 8 years Cassidy will only be twice as old is Drew. How old is Cassidy right now?
I know
3d=c
d+8= c/2
and Cassidy is 24 Drew is 8 but I don't know the equation I would use to show my work!
Thanks!
Amie

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Question 384212: in 10 years, william will be twice as old as he was 7 years ago. what is williams age now?
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Question 384348: Mimi is one third as old as George. In 5 years she will be one half as old as George. How old is Mimi?
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Question 384375: how do you write john is 11 more than twice as old as bob the sum of their ages is 65. find the ages of each. as a equation
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Question 384373: The age of Tim is 1 year more than twice of Carla's age. Three years ago, he was thrice as old as she was then. Find their present ages.

The sum of Gelard's age and Fred's is 53 an one-half ( 1/2 ) as old as Fred. Then How old is Fred?
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Question 384385: Yoshi is 12 years older than his sister. Six years from now, the sum of their age will be 32. Find Yoshi's present age.
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Question 384385: Yoshi is 12 years older than his sister. Six years from now, the sum of their age will be 32. Find Yoshi's present age.
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Question 384383: B is taller than j and 3 pillars. P is shorter than B and 2 pillars is j shorter/taller than P?
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Question 384383: B is taller than j and 3 pillars. P is shorter than B and 2 pillars is j shorter/taller than P?
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Question 384776: Find the value of x, if 20% of x is 105.
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