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Question 432351: Which of the following displays is/are appropriate for these data? (More than one display may be appropriate.)
I Circle graph
II Divided bar graph
III Histograph
IV Back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot

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Question 432354: Abigail is 4 times as old as Bonnie. In 6 years, Bonnie will be twice as old as Candice. If, 4 years from now, Abigail will be 36 years old, how old will Candice be in 6 years?
When i was setting an equation for Candice i thought it was 2(B+6) because Bonnie will be twice (2) as old as Candice (b+6), but in the answer key it's (b+6)/2. Can you please explain the whole problem to me ? Thank You
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Question 432339: A father is three times as old as his son. Four years ago, he was four times as old as his son was at that time. How old is his son?
...i know it's easy but i already forget it because of chemistry my favorite subject.haha
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Question 432472: 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 432739: A girl is 1/3 her mothers age. The differences in their ages is 20 years. How old is the mother and daughter?
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Question 432873: The sum of Lisa's age and her mother's age is 66. The difference in their ages is 28. How old are Lisa and her mother?
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Question 432882: a father is four times as old as his son. In three years the sum of their ages will be 61. How old is each now?
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Question 433005: The combined age of a father and son is 84.in 6 years time,the father will be twice as old as the son was three years ago.how old are they now?
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Question 433361: seven years ago father's age was 5 times of his son's age. 14 years hence their age will be the ratio of 7:3. what is the present age of father
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Question 433478: Four years ago jane was twice the age of james. In four years from now james will be 3/4 the age of jane. How old is jane now?
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Question 433647: Four times Aslam's age exceeds his brother's age by 16 and one fifth of Aslam's age is equal to 1/15 of his brother age. What are their ages now?
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Question 433651: the average age of husband, his wife and son 3 years ago was 27 years and that of the wife and son 5 years ago was 20 years. what's the husband present age
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Question 433650: three years ago the average age of a family of six members was 19 years. A baby having been born, the average age of the family is same today. what is the age of baby
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Question 434074: The sum of the present ages of john and his father is 89 years. After 11 years the age of father will be twice the age of john at that time, find their present ages.
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Question 434142: I would appreciate if somebody please helped me with this problem:
In 2 years Hanna will be twice as old as her little brother Lloyd.
Hanna is 8 years old now. How old is Lloyd ?

Thanks a lot!!
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Question 434143: Sorry to bother you guys. I need help to translate this problem into an equation:
In 2 years Hanna will be twice as old as her little brother Lloyd.
Hanna is 8 years old now. How old is Lloyd ?
Can anyone please help me "translate" this problem into an equation?

Thanks a lot!!
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Question 432672: Shaun is 4 years older than her sister Charmaine. If the sum of their ages is 16, how old is Charmaine?
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Question 434483: The age of A is 1/3 the age of B, 15 years ago the age of A was 1/6 the age of B. Find the current ages of A and B.
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Question 433857: John is now 4 times older than his son, Ethan. Six years ago, the sum of their ages was 18. How old are they now?
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Question 434730: DAN IS EIGHT TIMES AS OLD AS THAN RICK, AND JIM IS HALF AS OLD AS DAN. IF THE SUM OF THEIR AGES IS 91 YEARS, HOW OLD IS EACH MAN?
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Question 432060: Four years ago, Marion was 2/3 as old as Les was. Now she is 3/4 as old as he is. How old is each now?
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Question 434632: "My hubsand's age," remarked a lady the other day, "is represented bt the figures of my own age reversed. He is my senior, and the difference between our ages is one-eleventh of their sum."
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Question 430460: A labor report states that in a certain factory a total of 400 men and women are employed. The average daily wage is $16 for men and $12 for a woman. If the labor cost is $5720 per day, how many women are employed?
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Question 430458: Larry is now twice as old as Bill.Five years ago Larry was athree times as old as Bill.Find their present ages.
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Question 435199: This year i am twice as old as my daughter. Fourteen years ago I was four times as old as she was then. How old am I?
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Question 435415: Please help me solve this word problem:
Tony is 10 years older than Sam. In five years Tony will be twice as old as Sam. How old are they now?
I need to solve the word problem using two equations. Here's what I get.
x=Sam's age Y=Tony's age
x+10=y
5+Y=2X
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Question 435572: John is three times his son's age. If the difference between their ages is 30, how old is the son.
I think the problem is set up like 3n-n=30 If this is right, how do I solve it?
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Question 435682:
Five years back the aga of a father was three times the age of his son. it will be twice after the 10years.Find thrir present age?
Two persons 27km apart,starting at the same time are together in 9hours if they walk in the same direction,but 3hours if they walk in opposite direction.Find out speed of each man?
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Question 436139: A woman's age and her son's age add up to 45,5years ago the woman was 6times older than her son. How old was the woman when the son was born
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Question 420826: The question is. If you were born on mothers day in 1997 how many birthdays would you have that are on mothers day over 80 years.
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Question 436378: raj says to shyam "i was twice as old as you were when i was as old as you now. if the sum of their present ages is 50 years .find their present ages.
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Question 435638: Jessica is 3 years older than Rebecca. In 5 years she will be 3 times as old as Rebecca was 2 years ago.
Find the girls present ages?
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Question 435530: Jim is twice as old as Karen. Eight years from now, Jim will be twenty years older than Karen. How old is Jim now?
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Question 434969: Pamela's age is three times Jiri's age. The sum of their ages is 112 What is Jiri's age
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Question 436668: Maritza is 3 years less than 4 times as old as her daughter. If the sum of their ages is 37, how old is Maritza?
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Question 436511: the age of a baby ll be 5 times after 20 years . what is the present age the baby
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Question 435028: 5 years ago I was thrice as old as my son and 10 years later I shall be twice as old as my son. How old am I now?
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Question 431943: arielle is 1 1/3 times as old as pete. 5 years ago, her age was 1 1/2 his. Find arielle's present age
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Question 430594: Giovanni built a fence around his rectangular shaped pool. The posts are two yards apart, there are four posts along the width and 8 posts along the length, how many post does Giovanni need and what are the dimensions of the fence?
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Question 418561: john, twelve years old, is three times as old as his brother. how old will john be when when he is twice as old as his brother?
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Question 436838: Maria is 3 times as old as Tim. Tim is 9 years older than Maria. Maria is 3 times as old as Gina. What are the sum of their ages?
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Question 436919: if we add the ages of a mother and her daughter together the total is 60.The mother is currently 3 times as old as her daughter.Find their ages
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