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Question 396808: If a plane traves at 300 miles per hour how many miles does a plane travel in 20 minutes
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Question 396848: A movie star, unwilling to give his age, posed the following riddle to a gossip columnist. " Seven years ago, I was eleven times as old as my daughter. Now I am 4 times as old as she is." How old is the star?
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Question 397048: Pipe A can fill a tank in 24 minutes and pipe B can fill the tank in 32 minutes. Both pipes are opened at the same time. After how many minutes should pipe B be turned off so that the tank is full 20 minutes after both pipes were opened?
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Question 397250: the sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 17. When the digits are reversed, the new number is 9 more than the original number. What is the original number?
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Question 397703: Josie is 10 times as old as her sister Julia. In 16 years Josie will be twice as old as Julia. Find their present age.
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Question 397790: mila is 7 years older than her sister lina. in 3 years,she will be 17 years more than one-fifth as old as lina will then be. how old are the girls now
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Question 397509: In 30 years, Sarah will be 4 times as old as she is now. How old is she now?
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Question 397506: How many years old is a person if her age now is equal to her age in 3 years time * 3, less 3 times her age 3 years ago?
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Question 397562: If someone could help I would appreciate it . I started but not sure if I have it down right if someone could let me know if I do or not. Thank you
The Michigan plant of Titan Industires is four times as old as the Ohio plant. If the diffrence in the ages of the two plants is 9 years, what is the age of each?
I put down: 2-4x=9
x=2.75
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Question 398133: Alex is 6 years older than Sara. Sixteen years ago, Alex was 1 1/2 times as old as Sara. How old are they now?
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Question 398133: Alex is 6 years older than Sara. Sixteen years ago, Alex was 1 1/2 times as old as Sara. How old are they now?
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Question 398233: Henry's sister is 3 years younger than Henry. The product of their ages is 180. How old is Henry?
help solve this or equation set up.
h(h+3)= 180
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Question 398363: If 2 years ago, the ages of seven children totalled 30, what would their ages total in 3 years time??
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Question 398694: Pat is 24 years older than his son Patrick. In 8 years Pat will be twice as old as Patrick. How old are they now?
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Question 398677: Justin is 4 years older than Ethan. In 9 years the sum of their ages will be 34. Find the age of each boy now.
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Question 398640: a gentleman spent 1/6 of his life as a boy, 1/8 of his life as a youth, 1/2 of his life as a man and 15 years as an adult. How old is he?
I know the answer is 72, but how to solve the problem? Thanks. I'm helping a student figure this out, and don't recall how to come up with the solution. Thanks.
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Question 398828: three times ann's age 4 years ago is the same as twice the age in 4 years time. what is ann's age?
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Question 398827: sushma is now 15 years older than vijay but in three more years she will be eight times old as vijay was 3 years ago how old are they now
i cant understand this question plz help me
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Question 398950: tina is twice as old as her cousin sally. the sum of their ages is 21 years. How old is each girls? Explain.
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Question 399158: Bill is 4 less than twice Alex's age. Together they are 65 years old. How old is Bill?
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Question 399381: david is 12 years older than his sister, what is david's age when he is 3 times as old as his sister?
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Question 399410: The ages of Whitney, Wesley, and Wanda are consecutive integers. The sum of their ages is 108. What are their ages?
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Question 399410: The ages of Whitney, Wesley, and Wanda are consecutive integers. The sum of their ages is 108. What are their ages?
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Question 399438: David helped his father stock the pond with baby catfish and blue gill. They put in a total of 75 fish. If the number of blue gill was doubled and the number of catfish tripled, there would be 175 fish in the pond. How many catfish were put in the pond?
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Question 399417: A, B and C picked a total of 230 liters of cranberries. A picked 10 liters more than B, and C picked twice as much as A. How much did each of them pick?
- Show how you arrived at your answer.
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Thanks for answering :-)
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Question 399463: 10 times my age minus 5 times my brothers age is 100. 10 years ago the square of my age plus the square of my brothers age was also 100. How old is my brother now?
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Question 399673: suppose there are 2 small pies to share equally among 7 people. how could the pies be divided equally? what fraction of pie does each person get?
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Question 399469: In 4 years from now, Anna will be 2/3 of Mike's present age. In 11 years from now, Mike will be double Camilla's present age. 19 years ago, Anna was half as old as Camilla. How old are they now?
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Question 400084: one number is 6 more than a second number. The sum of the two numbers is 92. Find the smallest number
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Question 400551: A boy is 10 and his father is 35. When the boy is 15 how old will his dad be?
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Question 400668: two brothers boll and eric are 4 years apart and bill is the oldest one if the same of the boys age is 28 how old is bill and eric?
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Question 400381: Anna is 3 years older than laura. the product of their ages is double the sum of their ages. How old are they?
I believe it starts out like this
L * (L+3) = 2(L + (L+3))
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Question 399675: The sum of the ages of a brother and sister is 27. If four times the brother's age is subtracted from three times the sister's age, the difference is 11.

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Question 398908: Bobby weighs 160 lbs more than his sister maria. Their combined weight is 200lbs. How many lbs does bobby weigh?
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Question 397584: Joe is 5 years older than Sally. In 15 years Joe will be 3 times as old as Sally is now. How old is Sally now? Hint: Write Joe's age now in terms of Sally's age now. Then write Joe's age in 15 years using the expression you just wrote for Joe's age now. Then using S for Sally's age now, write the equation in only one variable "S" and solve it
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Question 398399: 8 years from now, Blair will be 6 times as old as he was 2 years ago. How old is Blair?
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Question 396894: Jack is 4 years older than Jill. Seven years from now the sum of their ages will be 72. How old is Jill now?
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Question 400299: What is the sum of 22 and twice greg's weight?
and g being greg's weight
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Question 401066: The Golden Gate bridge was completed 54 years after the Brooklyn Bridge was. In 1983, the Golden Gate Bridge was 23/50 as old as the Brooklyn Bridge. When was each bridge completed?
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Question 401132: bill is seven times old as his niece, Cindy. Five years from now, BIll will be four times as old as Cindy will be then. How old is Cindy nonw?
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Question 401183: When Tim started football 3 years ago, his coach was twice his age. Currently, Tim's coach is 10 yrs older than Tim. How old is Tim now?
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Question 232912: John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5 years older than Alice. In 5 years, John will be three times as old as Alice. How old is Peter now?
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Question 401396: Marie is one-ninth as old as her mother. In 3 years, she will be one-fifth as old as her mother will be then. Find their present ages.
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Question 401414: 5 years ago, Bob was 1/3 of the age he will be in 9 years. How old is Bob now?

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Question 401587: Ann's age is seven-tenths of Bill's age. In 4 years Ann's age will be eight-elevenths of Bill's age. How old is Bill now?
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