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Question 507072: write an equation that models how old in years each of you will be when your ages add up to 150 years old.
donald 48, me 46. I started with
me= x
donald = x + 48
x + (x+2)= 150 then I got losed.
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Question 507144: Mary is 15 years old and her age is 5/16 of brother Pauls age. What is the difference in their ages?
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Question 507165: In 25 years, James will be three times as old as he was 10 years ago. How old is he now?
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Question 507143: Nancy's dog is 3 times as old as Susie's dog. Both of their dog's ages equal 27. How old is Nancy's dog?
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Question 507179: Pete is 1/3 of Brian�s age. Philip is 5 years older than Brian. The sum of their ages is 40. Find the age of each.
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Question 507242: Mary's age is 2/3 that of peter.2 years ago marys age was 1/2 of what petr age will be in5 years time,how old is peter know
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Question 507100: I need the process to solve this problem:
Bob is one third the age of his father. In 12 years he will be half the age of his father. How old is each now?
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Question 507491: one half of Terri's age is the same as one fourth of Brian's. The sum of their ages is 36. how old is each?
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Question 507474: ten years ago the age of a father was four times of his son . Ten years hence the age of the father will be twice that of his son . The present ages of the father and the son are.
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Question 507593: I am three years older than my sister and i am 18 years old how old is my sister
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Question 507570: If Kynlee is 32 and Ryder is 33 and their son is 17 years old, how old were they when they had him?
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Question 507769: Carrie was born when her father was 42 years old. When Carrie was 10 his father passed away. He left her with a large estate that she can claim at the age when she should be one-third her father's age if he had been alive. How old will she be when she is able to claim the estate?
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Question 507798: Annie is five years older than twice her brother Dan's age. Write an alegraic expression to represent the sum of their ages.
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Question 507864: Joe is 3 times as old as Mack. The difference in their age is 24
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Question 507864: Joe is 3 times as old as Mack. The difference in their age is 24
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Question 507777: My sister is three years older than me i am 18 how old is she
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Question 507164: john's father is now twice as old as he is. 8 years ago, he was thrice as old. How old is each now?
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Question 508188: A rope is placed over the top of a fence, the same amount of rope on both sides of the fence. The rope weighs one-third pound per foot. On one end of the ropes hangs Tyler holding a banana, and on the other end is a weight equal in weight to the weight of Tyler. The banana weights two ounces per inch. The length of the rope (in feet) is equal to the age of Tyler (in years), and the weight of Tyler (in ounces) is as much as the age of the weight of the banana plus half of the weight of Tyler is one-fourth as much as the sum of the weights of the weight and the rope, where all weights are in the same units. Tyler's mother is half as old as Tyler will be when he is three times as old as his mother was when she was half as old as Tyler will be when he is twice as old as he is now. How long is the banana?
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Question 508302: John's father is thrice as old as John. 6 years from now, his father will be 24 years older than John. How old is John now?
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Question 508405: Anton is twice as old as his wife Marie. Eight years ago, Anton was eight years younger than three time's Marie's age. How old is Marie now?
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Question 508425: 6 years ago, Nilda was 5 times as old as Riza. in 5 years, nilda will be 3 times as old as riza. what is the present age of riza?
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Question 508877: cassidy is 3 times as old as drew. in 8 years cassidy will only be twice as old as drew. how old is cassidy right now?

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Question 508613: Trevor, currently 22 years old, is half of his dad's age six years ago. How old is Trevor's dad?
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Question 509125: How to solve Age problems in Algebra?
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Question 509125: How to solve Age problems in Algebra?
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Question 509125: How to solve Age problems in Algebra?
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Question 509124: A MOTHER TELLS HER DAUGHTER ."I WAS YOUR PRESENT AGE WHEN YOU WERE BORN".IF THE MOTHER IS 36 NOW,HOW OLD WAS THE DAUGHTER 5 YEARS BACK?
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Question 509250: in 10 years my age will be double what it was 11 year ago how old am i?
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Question 509268: What is the equation for the problem "John is 3 times as old as Martha.
Five years ago the sum of their ages was 46.
How old are they now?"

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Question 509631: Mary's sister is 7 years older than Mary. Their combined ages add up to 35. How old is Mary? I need to show the equation. I keep coming up with m+7=35 but I know this isn't right. Can you help me?
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Question 509695: Amy is 7 years older than Tom while Tom is twice as old as Jill. Chris is 3 times as old as Amy. If the sum of Chris and Amy's age is 68. Find Toms age.

Please help. i have the answer but my equation is wrong...
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Question 509698: rea is 5 years older than jen-jen. in 4 years, rea will be twice as old as jen-jen. how old is each.
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Question 509676: I am a number with the same number of tens as ones. The sum of my digits is less than 5. I am a number greater than 15. What number am I?
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Question 509739: A father is now three times as old as his son. 12 years ago he was six as old as his son. find the present age.

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Question 509824: Mother was 25 yeras old when I was born. Father was 2 years older than Mother. The sum of our present ages is 91. How old am I?
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Question 510127: James is three times as old as Carmen. Together, their ages add up to 24. How old is each?
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Question 510333: If three-fourths of a man's age is 36 years, how old is he?
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Question 510453: This is an age old problwm.
My mum was 27 when i was born. 8 Years ago she was twice as old as i shall be in 5 years, time. How old am i now
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Question 510514: Zoron is ten years older than his sister. In three years, he will be twice as old as she will be then. How old are they now?
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Question 510865: Diane is 23 years older than her daughter Amy. In 6 years Diane will be twice as old as Amy. How old are they now?
so far I have: 23+a+6=2a
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Question 510895: How old am I if 400 reduced by 3 times my age is 223
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Question 510895: How old am I if 400 reduced by 3 times my age is 223
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Question 510937: Matthew is 3 times as old as Jenny. In 7 years he will be twice as old as she will be then. How old is each now.
I have figured out the answer, but not how to work the problem. I tried:
x + 1/3X = 2 times X + 7 + 1/3 X + 7 which is completely wrong. I have not done a problen where I didn't have a specific number for an answer. Reid
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