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Question 437183: In 15 years time, I will be 3 times as old as I was 9 years ago. How old am I now?
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Question 437303: Jill's mum was 24 when Jill was born. If Jill's mother is now 3 times as old as Jill, what age is Jill? form an equation. let Jill's age be x
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Question 437305: Pat's father is 30 years older than Pat. In 17 years time he will be 5 years less than 3 times Pat's present age. How old is Pat? Let Pat's age be x. So father's age is ...........?
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Question 437326: The radius of a circle is 1/2 yd. Find the area. (Area = pi x rsquared) (Use 3.1416 for pi) Round your answer to the nearest hundreth if necessary.
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Question 437327: If 2 shirts can be bought for $47, how many shirts can be bought with $200?
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Question 437337: The diameter of a circle is 6 feet. Find the circumference. (Circumference = pi x d) Use 3.1416 for pi and round your answer to the nearest hundreth if necessary
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Question 437366: Find the area (a) of the circle with a diameter (d) of 4.02
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Question 437386: if father is 4 times as old as his old as his son, after 24 years the father is twice as old as his son. find the current age of father and son?
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Question 437338: What is 33 1/3 as a fractional notation and decimal notation?
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Question 437341: Radius of a circle is 1/2 yd. Find the area. Round to the nearest hundreth if necessary
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Question 437351: 15 years from now ravi's age is 4 times his present age. What is his present age?
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Question 437496: In 4 years, Mike will be 3 times as old as Chris will be. The sum of their ages now is 56. I just need to know how to set this equation up! Is there a method for all problems like this?
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Question 437671: Cory's age is 20% of her father's age. Forty-two years from now, Cory's age will be two-thirds (2/3) of her father's age. How old are Cory and her father now?
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Question 437713: when my father was 35 i was 6.now he is twice as old as i am.how old am i??
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Question 438178: Randy is four times as old as Marie. In 12 yr, Marie's age will be half of Randy's. How old are they now?
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Question 419115: A Roman statue is 3 times as old as a Florentine statue. One hundred years from now the roman statue will be twice as old. How old is the roman statue?
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Question 438177: The Kuyatts' house is twice as old as the Marconis' house. Eight years ago, the Kuyatts' house was three times as old as the Marconis' house. How old is each house?
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Question 438267: A boy is 17 years old and his sister is twice as old. When the boy is 23 what will be the age of his sister.
I would like for you to show me how you got the answer also because I have a whole worksheet trying to solve people age.
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Question 438274: If the digits of Fathers present age are reversed then get the age of his son.If 1 year ago his
age was twice as that of his son.Find his present age
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Question 438822: I need an equation which models how old in years you will be when you are 3 times as old as the younger person. Ages 41 and 12
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Question 438852: I was born in 1957, my son in 1996. At what year will I be exactly three times older than my son?
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Question 439006: two angels are supplementary if the sum of their measures is 180. If the measure of an angle is 4x degrees, represtnt the meaure of its supplement as an algebraic expression in x
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Question 439226: the combine age of salma, sydne and zach is 110. Salma is 30years old, sydne is 14 years older than zach. how old is zach
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Question 439296: a pizza parlor runs a special where you can buy a lagre pizza with 1 cheese, 1 vegetable, and 2 meats for $12. you have a choice of 5 cheeses, 10 vegetables, and 6 meats. how many different variations of the pizza special are possible?
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Question 439620: Roxanne is 2 years older than John. 5 years from now the sum of their ages will be 108. How old is each now?
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Question 439785: Tom is three times as old as Mark. Twice Mark's age plus Tom's age is 90. How old is each person?
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Question 439847: 15 years from now Isaac will be 8 times as old as he was 6 years ago. how old in years is he now?

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Question 439888: 1. Suppose the population of Middletown is 56,000 and its population is increasing by 1/15 each year: A) How many people will reside in Middletown at the end of 5 years? B) How many years will it take for the population to reach 75,000 people?
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Question 439896: The population of a certain country grows exponentially so that its doubling time is 42 years. If the present population is 12.5 million, what will the population be in 126 years?
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Question 440130: Mari and James are friends. The difference between 9 times James' age and 4 times Mari's age is 72. Twelve years ago, James was half as old as Mari was.
a) Write a linear system to describe the relationship between Mari's age and James age.
b) Graph the system on a grid
c) Five years from now, how old will Mari and James be?

I'm getting stumped on A&B. I thought that a) would be 9x-4y=72, and b) would be j-12=1/2(y-12), but the two aren't intersecting, so I must be thinking the equation incorrectly!
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Question 440232: Tom is three times as old as Mark. Twice Mark's age plus Tom's age is 90. How old is each person
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Question 440232: Tom is three times as old as Mark. Twice Mark's age plus Tom's age is 90. How old is each person
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Question 440433: mrs. sanders is 13 years younger than twice her mothers age. if her moms age is represented by m, write an expression to represent mrs. sanders age.
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Question 440853: Anna is now 3 years older than Sophie was a year ago. How old will Sophie be when Anna is 16?
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Question 440863: James is five times as old as Bill. In two years, he'll be three times as old, and in six years he'll only be twice as old. How old will James be in seven years?
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Question 440871: The combined ages of Jerry and Joan is 43. The combined ages of Jerry and Charlie is 55. The combined ages of Joan and Charlie is 66. How old is Jerry, Joan and Charlie?
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Question 440869: Four years ago Sally was twice Tim's age. Four years from now, Tim will be 3/4 the age of Sally. How old is Sally now?
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Question 440928: Tony is 20 years older than his sister Danielle. In 16 years he will be twice as old as her. how old is each of them now?
Thanks
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Question 441021: Cheryl is seven more than two times as old as Henry. In 5 years the sum of their ages will be 92. How old is Henry now?
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Question 441218: Sam is 4 years older than her brother Jaems and one-half the age of her cousain Robert. If the sum of their ages is 60, how old is James
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Question 441332: find the age of john and mary if four times jonhs age equals three times marys age, and mary is ten years older than john.
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Question 441358: the age of the father is twice the sum of the ages of his two children,after 20yearshis age wil be equal to the sum of the ages of his children,find the age of the father
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Question 441372: Jack is twice as old as Lacy. In two years the sum of their ages will be seventy three. How old are they now?

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Question 441376: John is 4 times as old as Martha. Eight years ago the sum of their ages was sixty-nine. How old are they now?

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