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Question 409572: Mrs. Rogers and her husband have the same birthdays. Their ages totaled 77 years. Mrs. Rogers is 5 years older than her husband. How old is Mr. Rogers?
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Question 410218: When I was 14, my mother was 41, and she is now twice as old as I am. How old am I?
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Question 410520: Maria is now 3 years younger that her sister Ann. Four years ago, Maria's age was one-half Ann's age. How old is each girl now?
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Question 410525: Paul is 12. His father is 33. How many years ago was the father 4 times as old as the son?

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Question 410538: 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 410551: Tom is 15 years younger than alice. Ten years ago, Alice was 4 times as old as Tom was then. How old is each now?
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Question 410885: I'm having trouble writing equations that models how old in years each of us will be, when our ages add up to 150 years old. I had to use three people's ages 8,28,30. Explain the reasoning which helped you develop your equation?
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Question 410902: I can't figure out this problem:
The sum of three sister's ages is 29. Jan is 3 years older than Cindy. Marsha is twice Jan's age. Find the girl's ages.
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Question 410924: Phil is 24 years older than Will. Four years ago he was seven times as old as Will was then. Find their ages now.
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Question 411032: If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their age is 41. Then how old is Sue?
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Question 410973: I was 14 when my niece was born. How old will she and I be when I'm three times her age?
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Question 411021: 4 years ago Judy was twice as old as Sam. 4 years from now Sam will be 3/4 of Judy's age. How old is Judy now?

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Question 411253: nazia is twice old askanwal. if 10 years ago, nazia was 4 times as old as kanwal, then the present ages of nazia and kanwal are?
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Question 411328: what is the total or fromula to use when you want to add each number up to 150?
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Question 411081: Patrick's age is 20% of his mother's age. Twenty years from now, Patrick's age will be 52% of his mother's age. How old are Patrick and his mother now?
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Question 411879: jackie is 8 years younger thn her sister,jill the sum of their ages is 46 how old is jackie? her sister jill. i think i know the answers but i dont know how to actually work it out.
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Question 411908: I really had a problem on this, please help me.
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A father is 6 times as old as his son and 3 times as old as his daughter. If the daughter is 5 years older than the son. how old is each.?
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Question 412167: bill is 3 years older than tom. five years ago bill was twice tom age. how old are they each now?
i dont know where to start i tried and tried but dont know if it is right
x+3+2(5-x)
x+3+2x-10
3x+3-10
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Question 411973: Betty is now three times as old as mike, but in five years she will be only twice as old as mike. How old is Mike right now?
It will be greatly appreciated if you can solve the question and show steps as well. THANK YOU!
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Question 412409: Mary is now 24 years old and Liza is 12. how many years ago was Mary's age thrice the age of Liza?
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Question 412948: Max is 24 years older than his son, Liam. In two years, Liam will be half as old as Max. How old is Max now?
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Question 413165: susan is twice as old as her brother. five years ago susan was 3 times as old as her brother. find her age

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Question 413361: Malou was 28 years old when her first daughter was born the sum of their ages now is 98 find the present ages
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Question 413395: Cary is 9 years older than dan. In 7 years the sum of their ages wil equall 93. Find both their ages now. Solve using equations.
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Question 413452: The sum of my age and my sons age is 50 last year I was three times as old as my son, what is my age this year?
Hope you can answer

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Question 413484: Tell me how can i answer this dont tell me the answer but please explain it to me:
Joey and Dan are arguing over the difference of their ages.Joey says that he is 3 years older than Dan.Dan claims that 4 years ago,the sum of their ages is 23.If they are both right,how old is each now
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Question 413563: John is 4 times as old as Martha. 5 years ago the sum of their ages was 50. How old are they now.
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Question 413647: In what year will the US celebrate its tercentennial independence day?
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Question 414240: A man is 10 years older than his son. In ten years, he will be twice as old as his son will then be. How old is each
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Question 414786: Mary Lu is 4 years younger than her sister, Jane. Their mother noticed that the product of their ages is 32. How old are the girls?
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Question 415234: Eliasbeth is 6 years older than her sister elisa. Their mother's age is twice the sum of their ages. How old are they if their mother is 40?
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Question 415335: what is the anwser i need help plz. question is: the lawn order lawnmower factory can produce 12 lawnmowers in 8 hours. how many hours ewill it take the factory to produce 30 lawn mower?
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Question 415589: Mike is 6 years younger than Cassie. Twelve years ago, CCassie was twice as old as Mike was. How old is each now?
Also, Shalane is 14 and her grandmother is 54. How many years ago was her grandmother 6 times as old as Shalane?
If you could just help a bit, that would be great. Thankyou
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Question 415700: Mary's age is 3 times as old as her son. In 12 years Mary's age will be one year less than twice her son's age.How old is each now?
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Question 415703: a man is three times as old as his son. four years ago, the sum of their ages was 60 years. How old is the son
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Question 415807: my mum was 27 when i was born
8 years ago she was twice as old as i will be in 5 years time
how old am i now?
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Question 416223: When Dante and Cora were married, Cora was four years younger than Dante. How old was Dante on his wedding day if twelve years before his wedding he was twelve years older than one-fifth Cora's age was then?
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Question 416224: Fifteen years from now, Zoren will be six times his age ten years ago. How old is Zoren now?
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Question 416206: One half my age is 10 years more than one-third my age. How old am I?
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Question 417314: Fidel is half the age of his brother. Five years ago, Fidel was one-third the age of his brother. Find the present ages of each.
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Question 417498: a father's age is 5 and 1/3 the age of his son. If the son is 6 years old, how old is the father?
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Question 418024: a father is now twice as old as his daughter. Ten years ago he was three times as old as she was. How old are they both now?
How do you work this out? What would the equation be?
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Question 418050: PLEASE HELP
Gill's puppy was growing fast. in the first 5 days since she got it, it had eaten 100dog biscuits. If each day it had eaten 6 more than the previous day,
How many biscuits had it eaten on the first day?
I's still conviced it 5 biscuits, while they say it should be 8 biscuits!
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