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Question 467321: Please help me with this math issue:
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have 3 children; a son called Andy and two daughters Mary and Rosanna whom are twins and three years younger than Andy. Mrs. Johnson is 4 years younger than her husband and next year she will be the same age as all her children together. The total age of the Johnson family now equals to 125 years.
What is the age of every family member of the Johnson family?
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Question 467533: Eunice is 2 years less than 3 times her brother's age. Four years from now, Eunice will be twice as old as her brother. How old are they now?
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Question 467540: The sum of the ages of two friends is 60. If three times the age of one friend is 9 less than four times the age of the other, how old are they?
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Question 467549: Mal is one-and-a-half times as old as Sal, and Sal is one-and-a-half
times as old as Al. How old are Al, Sal andMal if their combined
ages total 114?
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Question 467602: 12. In eight years, Al will be twice as old as he was two years ago. How old is he now?
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Question 467617: The equation for finding the age when one older person will be 3 times older than a younger person. The ages are 32 and 8.
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Question 467542: in two years time,jam will be as old as dino is now.in 26 years dino will be twice as old as jam is now.how old is dino now?
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Question 467850: Chad sells custom T-shirts with five of his friends. If the earnings are divided evenly, how much must the business make in order for each person to earn $45?What is the variable for this problem?
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Question 467837: Last Year, Raymond was twice as old as Sue
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Question 467909: The sum of 2 numbers is 45,2/3 of the smaller number is greater than 1/5 of the larger number by 4. Find the two numbers.
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Question 467995: Sarah is now 3 years older than kevin. 5 years from now she will be 1.25 times as old as Kevin. how old are they now

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Question 468285: a man and his brother have a combined age of 40 years. 5 years ago the man was 4 times as old as his brother. how old is the man? how old is the brother
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Question 469144: My uncle is now 21 years older than me. In 8 years, he will be twice as old as my age. What is our present age?
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Question 469231: what is Diaphanous's age?
Diaphanous was a famous Greek mathematician who lived and worked in Alexandria, Egypt, probably in the third century C.E. When he died, someone described his life in this puzzle. He was a boy for 1/6 of his life. after 1/12 more, he acquired a beard. After another 1/7, he married. in the fifth year of marriage, his son was born. The son lived half as many years as his father. Diaphanous died 4 years after his son. How old was Diaphanous when he died
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Question 469359: (1)Ten more than 6 times Harold's age is the same as 4 times his age increased by 40. Find Harold's age.
(2) Using d=rt, find d for r=65mi/h and t=9hours
(3) If steve's age is decreased by 12 years, and that difference is multiplied by 3, the result is 24 years. Find steve's age
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Question 469436: 1. Jennifer is 3x as old as Tony. 2 years ago she was 4x as old as tony was then. How old is tony now.
2. Lisa is now 9 days older than tom. In 2 years lisa will be 2x as old as tom will be then. How many years old is lisa now.
3. A group of friends chipped in equally to buy a birthday present. Each person paid $8. If 2 more friends chipped in everyone would have paid only $7. How much did the gift cost?
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Question 469485: reggie is 5 years old than lani. Five years ago the sum of their age was 25. how old are they now?
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Question 469397: The sum of the ages of a gold coin and a silver coin is 65 years. The age of the gold coin 10 years from now will be 10 years less than the age of the silver coin 5 years ago. Find the present ages of the two coins. Gold coin --- yr. Silver coin--- yr. I got 1996 for the gold coin and 1971 for the silver coin.
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Question 469476: ea is 5 years older than Vincent. If the sum of their ages is25, how old is Maea?
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Question 469588: Hosting a dinner party for 38 people, you plan to serve peach pie for dessert. Each pie has 8 slices. How many pies must you buy to ensure each guest gets 1 slice?
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Question 469632: the audio outlet purchased 60 cassette recorders, gave away 3 in a contest, and sold the rest at twice thier purchase price. if the store's total profit was $1188, how much did the store sell each recorder for?
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Question 469832: Lucy is four times as old as Mary. In twenty years Lucy will be three times as old as Mary. How old are they now?
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Question 470226: Peter is 3 years older than his brother. The product of their ages is 270. Find Peter's age.
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Question 470219: johnny is 6 years older than Alicia, while Anna is 8 years older than Alicia. 5 years from now, Alicia will be 12 years older than Johnny. How old is Johnny?
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Question 470488: chris is 1/2 aas old as his father; a year ago he xas 1/3 as old as his father.what is the age of each?
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Question 470424: In 2011, a man was 40 and his daughter was 12. In what year was the man just twice his daughter's age?
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Question 470989: In 5 years time, I will be 3 times as old as my son. In 14 years time, the sum of our ages will be 62. Today the sum of our ages is?
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Question 471156: Robert is now twice as old as Marie. Six years ago the sum of their ages was thirty-nine. How old are they each now?
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Question 471106: 12 years ago the age of a brother was four times that of the other.
Knowing that the oldest was 27 when the child was born, what is the current age of both now.

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Question 471471: our mother is 3 times as old as my brother and i am 1/3rd times older than my brother. if 4 years ago i was as old as my brother today, what is the age of my mother?
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Question 471453: Josh is half as old as his brother Luke. Nicola, who is exactly half-way between her two brothers, is 18. How old is Josh?
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Question 471801: Father is 3 times as old as his daughters age.In 12 years father will be 1 year less than twice his daugthers age.What is their age?
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Question 471908: When Tim started football 3 years ago, his coach was twice his age. Currently, Tim's coach is 10 years older than him. How old is Tim now?
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Question 472096: Masato is twice as old as Kim.Ten years ago Masato waas three times as old as Kim was ten years ago.How old is she now?
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Question 472204: Maria is m years old. Sara is 5 years younger than Maria and 3 years older than Irina. What is the sum of the ages of all 3 girls?
A) 3m + 8
B) 3m + 2
C) 3m - 2
D) 3m - 8
E) 3m - 13
THanks!
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Question 472237: A shop sells 5l bottles of water.On Wednesday the shop received $3450 from selling 5l bottles of water at $11.50.How many bottles of water were sold?
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Question 472251: A father is 30 years older than his son, in 17 years' time he will be double the son's age. What is the son's age?
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Question 472264: in 3 years, alex will be 3 times as old as prency. a year ago, alex was 7 times as old as prency. how old are they now?
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Question 472729: Half of henry's age added to 1/3 of Daisy's age is 11 years. Six years from now, the sum of their ages will be 40 years. How old is each?
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Question 472736: Eva is 10 years older than Dan. in 8 years, twice Eva's age will equal 3 times Dan's age. How old is each at present?
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Question 472763: Igi is now twice as old as Bill. Seven years ago, the sum of their ages was 16. How old are they now?
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Question 472730: Half of Henry's age added to 1/3 of Daisy's age is 11 years, 6 years from now the sum of their ages will be 40 years. How old is each?
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Question 473331: In 8 years Joe will be twice the age he was 4 years ago. Now Joe is: 1=8, 2=16,or 3=14
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